Oratory is Joe Biden’s trademark as a politician, and he displays it best at funerals. His eulogy for John McCain was so good it prompted some pundits to muse about his presidential qualities.
Lots of media outlets used his appearance in Pittsburgh’s Labor Day parade as a fresh peg for another round of “Will Joe Run?” stories, an evergreen almost as sturdy as “Democrats in Disarray.” CBS reports his advisers say Biden will decide “by January,” which jibes with what Joe said months ago.
Between now and then Biden will log lots of air miles campaigning for Democrats, particularly in Rust Belt areas that defected to Trump. I have a hunch Biden will gauge how much energy he has left after this 9-week closing sprint, then decide whether he wants to sign on for another 10 years of running that hard.