Sedate expectations—what makes an ideal president and how will Joe Biden match up?

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“One of his talents [was] an ability to relish the heavy burden of responsibility he’d landed himself with.” JamesMAstill tells “Checks and Balance” how keenly Barack Obama felt voters’ high expectations

POLICY-MAKER, FATHER figure and stand-in king—the Olympian job description sets an impossible standard for any new president. But expectations of Joe Biden are more modest than for most. Solid picks for the top spots in his administration only confirm his ordinariness. What makes an ideal president and how might Biden match up?

James Astill, The Economist’s Washington bureau chief, assesses how Barack Obama dealt with high expectations, columnist Lane Greene argues Biden’s plain speech is his secret weapon, and writer and producer Michael Oates Palmer tells us what makes a great president on screen.’s US editor, hosts with New York bureau chief Charlotte Howard, and Jon Fasman, Washington correspondent. Runtime: 44 min

 

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Donal Trump el.mejor presidente de Usa. Ni el loco de Obama ni el montacacho de Clinton nunca serán mejores.

48 years of low expectations...the secret of happiness for economists...

The bar for the first four years is to not be a douchehole. Good luck.

Unless he gets assassinated

So blatantly obvious it is untrue. He is a damage limitation President for four years

Most ppl i know are convinced he won’t finish the 4 years so I’d say there is some validity to this

wow already down playing him before he takes office. fixing pandemic and saving lives from it and starvation are not low expectations. plus putting back rules to protect water from the rich poisoners. they would be magnificent achievements

His secret weapon is to remember and speak think?

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“Plain speech”? The guy can barely speak in complete sentences.

nice

Plain speech? He can barely get a sentence together!

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Since when did our presidency become a TV show needing “drama” written into the script ... Oh never mind.😳 “Reality TV/video games” vs “Reality” is where lines have become blurred. This will not end well for humanity.

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Trump's defeat responds to his mismanagement, on issues such as; immigration, black community, women, division and racism, Latinos, Puerto Ricans; and among other issues, the most relevant, that of the pandemic, with which more than 274 thousand people have been lost

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'father figure?' maybe great-great-grandfather figure.

A great father figure, whoms son you can watch smoke crack and have sex with Chinese kids on the internet to cope with having to be his father's international crime bagman.

If this was Trump’s job description, he failed miserably in all roles.

British ‘analysis’; to be taken with a grain of salt. An abundance of experts on hand without sourcing them offshore!

I'm not sure who on the staff is writing this headline, but make no mistake, He is not (nor will he ever be) a king. Great father figure, too. Hunter is an absolute gem.

We do not have Kings in the USA, stand-in, or otherwise.

What’s he going to do about the boarder Wall, be a waste of government resources to not Finnish the job

But his senate is mostly democrats, he will not get anything through

Policy=‘94 Crime Bill

More senile, elderly people in the WH!

JamesMAstill Race baiter and the President who knew nothing - now just another pop culture garbage purveyor

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JamesMAstill Cringe. This astill fellow has been carrying a torch for both Obama and Hillary

JamesMAstill Halo bias. Embarrassing it still happening really.

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JamesMAstill So talented

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JamesMAstill The worst

JamesMAstill Well, compared to the GOP he gets really high marks. The best thing is to elect decent and reasonable leaders. They will do a better job avoiding the power corrupts trap. =

JamesMAstill The key word there is 'felt'. Something Trump has never done...except for when he pretends to feel sad for poor people.

JamesMAstill thank you very much for your work

JamesMAstill Boring How about something else? Fact 1 = Biden supported the UK in 1982 against Argentina, when Dublin did not Fact 2 = ‘82 was not the first time the USA was involved in a Falklands dispute Lexington Raid 1831 anyone?

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JamesMAstill lanegreene Well the actual President didn’t met any expectations.

JamesMAstill lanegreene Crock of shit!

JamesMAstill lanegreene Are you kidding me?

JamesMAstill If the cheating is successful, Trump will be the last elected president of the United States. America is no longer a lighthouse

JamesMAstill horrible

JamesMAstill Obama's only lasting legacy is the racial conflict.

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