Peggy Noonan: “It was the best of his presidency and for attention-grabbing causes. Its first goal was to reveal to his social gathering that he’s in cost and formidable. He did that. The second, in my learn, was to current himself in a brand new approach to voters, particularly these within the center, and particularly previous Democratic constituencies. I feel he did himself some good there…”

“This was nice stuff. You’ll be able to say Mr. Biden fibbed, misled and exaggerated, and also you wouldn’t be unsuitable, however in rope-a-doping Republicans on Medicare and Social Safety he confirmed actual mastery. ‘Some Republicans—some Republicans—need Medicare and Social Safety to sundown. I’m not saying it’s the bulk.’ Once they catcalled and booed he mentioned he was glad to see it—’I get pleasure from conversion.’”

“I don’t care how deliberate that line was, it was good.”

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