In case anyone was wondering, Joe Biden is every bit as unimpressive out of office as he was in it.
The man who shuffled off stage last year in the middle of the play — an absurdist tragi-comedy plagued by poor reviews and weak attendance — has shuffled back on to it.
His mini-rehabilitation tour in the media is, in accustomed Biden fashion, doing more to undermine his case for himself than buttress it.
He’s not particularly cogent and feels like a dusty artifact that was, until accidentally discovered, forgotten in the basement of the Smithsonian somewhere.
It is Biden’s burden to explain why he thought he could run for president again in 2024 and only re-considered when the hour was late and a revolt of his party gave him no choice.