President Biden came out on stage on Night #1 of the Democratic National Convention to Jackie Wilson's "Higher and Higher".
It is a buoyant song with an underlying tinge of sadness.
I felt this sadness as delegates chanted "Thank you Joe!!!" and "We Love You Joe!!!"
If only these delegates had expressed this love a few short weeks ago or any time since January 20, 2021.
Perhaps then Biden would still be running for re-election.
The cold fact is that nearly two-thirds of Democrats wanted Biden to go away despite low unemployment, infrastructure spending, lower drug prices for seniors, student loan relief for younger people and a lower crime rate along with bipartisan gun safety legislation.
This should have got Biden a second term. Instead, he got a one-way ticket to Palookaville.
That's a lot of weight to carry and I don't blame him for being upset.
It might be a classic case of we don't know what we've got until its gone.
Meanwhile, Republicans are more than happy to have a convicted criminal as their standard bearer.
Don't get me wrong. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are resonating with people and America may see fit to choose them.
Well, maybe. A lot can happen in 78 days for better or for worse.
Joe Biden has five months left on the job and still has much work to do including freeing hostages held in captivity by Hamas. Although I could have done without him pandering to the pro-Hamas protesters outside the convention.
But I can also do without a second Trump presidency. Hopefully Biden's work in the next 11 weeks will help prevent that from happening.
President Biden has a legacy of which he can be proud. Perhaps one day most Americans will come around to that view.
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