Fourteen years ago, I told a well-informed friend that Barack Obama was considering picking Joe Biden as his running mate in the 2008 election. “You’ve got to be kidding,” came the riposte. “Biden is way past it.”Similar obituaries were being penned only two weeks ago as Biden’s poll numbers dropped below even Donald Trump’s nadir. Yet here we are. America’s oldest president can now boast of a stronger legislative record in less than two years than either Obama or Bill Clinton achieved in eight. It turns out that low expectations are Biden’s secret weapon.
14年前，我曾告訴一位通常消息靈通的朋友，巴拉克?奧巴馬(Barack Obama)在考慮挑選喬?拜登(Joe Biden)作為他在2008年選舉中的競選伙伴。這位朋友反駁道：“你鐵定在開玩笑，拜登年紀太大了。”
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