Something can only be a test if one understands and/or cares about the consequences of failure. The Left would be thrilled if the U.S. were brought down to the status of, say, France or Italy. We're about to find out what hides behind the Obama mask. Is he the Marxist he claimed to be in one of his multitude (seems like a multitude) of autobiographies? Is he the post-American "man of the world" he claimed to be during his Berlin speech? Or is he the garden-variety center-Left American politician analgous to Bill Clinton, which the media has told us his cabinet appointments indicate?
Who is this man? What will he recognize as a "test" of his presidential leadership? Biden, for all his pathetic nature, is a bit closer to an old-fashioned patriotic Democrat than many of his former senate colleagues. So I agree, Jonny, I wonder what he saw in the threat assessments that caused him to share with us such a moment of clarity.
It's anybody's guess, isn't it? It's scary how much we don't know about this man.
At best, he will be a poll-watching president, like Clinton. He will be nervous if his numbers dip below, say, 65% and will say and do anything (no matter how meaningless) to keep those numbers up.
At worst ... I don't want to think about that.