I like the Biden Presidency much more than I thought I would. He's the most socialist President we've had since Carter, and I feel the tides of populism are in his favor. I also think he's the first President we've had since Pappy Bush ('88), who isn't a cult of personality, and therefore can get more done under the radar. Whatever is good in him is coming out the end of his life, and this is a blessing for America, no matter his faults. I don't want him to die so he can continue to play the ghost of F.D.R.

Biden is an accidental President. I'm critical of how the Democratic Party maneuvered this victory, considering Sleepy Uncle Joe had no momentum in the primaries, but the truth is accidental Presidents are chosen by the Party - Truman and Ford are the two great examples, and Biden is kind of like them. The thing accidental Presidents have going for them is that there is no expectation, because of no cult of personality, and often their bland personae's are a front. Accidental Presidents also leave the stage awkwardly - Ford only served for two years, but was responsible for getting us out of Vietnam, and pardoning Nixon, who made him Vice President right when he was going down. Truman won a miracle victory against Dewey in '46 after ending WW II with a nuclear strike on Japan, and on the domestic front was F.D.R. But Korea dragged him down, and Truman chose not to run for reelection in '52, kind of like L.B.J. in '68, another accidental President, who got a lot done on the domestic front, but failed in Vietnam.

We're living in a surreptitious moment, still in the pandemic, and in the cover of night the world is changing, hopefully for the good.

In our moment, I think the Country is so wasted by the Trump soap opera, that ran daily, that the Republicans FINALLY can't defend themselves against the social agenda that they've feared like the plague since F.D.R., who wasn't a socialist, but like Biden or L.B.J., realized the mood was right for their legislation (Truman was the first Democrat to fail on Universal Health Care, so I'm not sure he was so good on the domestic front, but he tried.) The enemy is flat footed and even Sleepy Uncle Joe can run circles around them.

As for Gerald Ford, he was the quintessential accidental President, a center on the Michigan football team. Some consider him the last great Republican, tied to the New Deal politics of F.D.R., and an ethical man. Maybe if he won we'd have never had Reagan, an ex B-movie star, and the epitome of the cult of personality. But accidental Presidents are accidental for a reason, and they never enjoy the popularity of the cults of personality, even if their achievements are greater. They are those who get things done, while others set the themes.

As for Dr. Jill, I hear she has a calming influence on Sleepy Uncle Joe, who hopefully is being brain washed by his old Senatorial friend, Bernie Sanders, in his sleep.