Column: The tragedy of Joe Biden

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : That list didn't match the epochal achievements of FDR's New Deal, but it bore comparison to Lyndon B. Johnson's record of civil rights and voting rights laws and Medicare.
44% : During the 2020 campaign, he said he viewed himself as a "transitional president," a wise old hand who would send Trump into retirement and hand the baton to a new generation.
30% : Biden waged the campaign as a defense of democracy against Trump and "MAGA Republicans."
22% : And when Trump announced in November 2022 that he was running again, Biden decided he was still his party's indispensable man.
19% : He waged a campaign promising to "heal the soul of the nation" after four years of chaotic governance under Trump culminated in a disastrous response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
19% : But if Trump returns to the White House and Republicans take control of Congress, Biden will not only see the central purpose of his 2020 campaign undone, but many of his legislative achievements potentially repealed.
12% : But that was already two weeks after his disastrous debate performance against Trump, when he proved unable to defend his own accomplishments in a coherent way or knock down Trump's torrent of misstatements and outright lies.

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