I've long thought that Biden is actually incrementally left of Obama. The funny thing about Obama was that his race caused some people to overlook his really trending to centrist. He bailed out Wall St for God's sake.
I thought, and still think, Biden reached the highest level of his competence in the Senate, and that may be generous. But, if the progressives would let, there is a deal to be had with Romney Murkowski and Collins on getting more money to the poorist of the poor. If ya can't work, ya can't work. Unfortunately, this tends to advantage the welfare breeding mothers, but ..... if black Americans won't shame their own, there's not a lot that can be done in the American system. Pre-K and full Obamacare subsidies are there for the asking ... if Lujan can get off his hospital bed, and assuming Red Bernie stops trying to elect a republican in Arizona.