Biden’s Best Speech Yet

Peggy Noonan: “It was the most effective of his presidency and for interesting reasons. Its first purpose was to demonstrate to his party that he’s in charge and formidable. He did that. The second, in my read, was to present himself in a new way to voters, especially those in the middle, and especially old Democratic constituencies. I think he did himself some good there…”

“This was great stuff. You can say Mr. Biden fibbed, misled and exaggerated, and you wouldn’t be wrong, but in rope-a-doping Republicans on Medicare and Social Security he showed real mastery. ‘Some Republicans—some Republicans—want Medicare and Social Security to sunset. I’m not saying it’s the majority.’ When they catcalled and booed he said he was glad to see it—’I enjoy conversion.'”

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