Agreed, a gap on a phone call is not as bad as looking like a lost little boy on video. :(
I feel bad for Biden, I really do. I think he honestly believes in doing what’s best for the country. He’s just not articulating that where it counts.
It reminds me a lot of the Bob Dole campaign, or even the Hillary Clinton campaign, where supporters would go “Yeah, but they’re totally different in private! You should see it!”
I agree! I should see it! Failing to bring that across in a campaign is itself a failure.