Biden has suprissed me?
Why is he stepping out from the “starring” presidential role? He is not smart, not a leader, and a fool and blathermouth, but that has not stopped many less compentent democrats from running full-tilt at their goal of the White House?
Why has Biden so adamantly refused the role that could have been his so many times?
Fear of Hillary’s power machine?
A genuine humility (”I don’t have the skill to do it.”) ?
An unwillingness to accept the demands of the job - now that he has been so close to it for years?
A desire for the benefits of “almost” being president, but not actually having the responsibilities of the position?
An actual recognition by other democrats that he is a fool and a idiot, so they actually did not ask him to run?
I don’t know any more than you do, RAC. All I have is a guess. But to this observer, Beau’s death seemed to hit Biden like a ton of bricks. I’m not close enough to him to have any particular insight, but it appears his perspective changed after he lost his son. Politics didn’t seem as end all, be all. Something was missing, iow, that not even the presidency could fill.
Again, just a guess.