When we think of our newly installed 46th President we think of an age challenged president, a split down the middle policy maker, a caretaker presidency elected to right the ship of America post Trump, and because of his being overshadowed for 8 years, Obama-lite.
But when his presidency is done in 4 or 8 years, history will judge Joe Biden as a transformative president, Rooseveltian in nature.
Yes, despite campaigning on a promise of bipartisan powers of persuasion, the COVID relief bill passed with the only negotiations occurred between the different factions of the Democratic Party; and if dispensing of the vaccinations effectively gets you notoriety the presidential bar is set pretty low, no doubt as a result of 4 years of Donald Trump, functioning constitutes success. But when the sun sets on the Biden presidency, history will hold high grades for his achievements.
No doubt Joe Biden is stepping into luck and happenstance, vaccines for the dreaded pandemic were already developed and awaited a plan of distribution causing a suppressed economy to rise up again and soar, but he will prove to be the right person at the right time.
Experience MUST count for something. After serving as chairman of both the Senate Judiciary and Senate Foreign Relations committees coupled with a bird’s eye view of the presidency as Barack Obama’s vice president for 8 years Biden is uniquely qualified. Yes age has taken somewhat of a toll and he has made more of his share of mishaps and mistakes, but he has also witnessed many mistakes this country has taken and witnessed it’s procession as a flawed country striving on it’s road to perfection.
In addition, time has tempered Biden’s ego where the egotistical drive of the successful politician has withered to a point that all that’s left is the dedicated public servant. Combine that with a progressive vision and a key witness to 20% of this country’s development.
His judgement will prove to be history in the making.