My General Impression of Joe Biden

Joe Biden has been president for long enough now that I think we can get a sense of the man.  So what should be think about him.  I suppose my overall assessment would be competent, but not inspired.

Here is what I mean by that.  Biden shows a disturbing tendency no to think ahead, anticipate the obvious, and prepare for it. He is thus left scrambling to catch up when the obvious happens and is brought to his attention.  But he seems to manage things quite competently once his attention is directed to them. Guarding the border, refugee admissions, protecting our Afghan translators, and the delta variant of COVID are all instances of Biden being caught flat-footed, scrambling to catch up, and making progress.  

Certainly he could be worse.  But he could be a lot better, too.