Biden's Doppleganger

It occurred to me that the closest president I can think of it Joe Biden is Franklin Roosevelt.

Bear with me.

Biden is - if you haven't heard - old. He is physically impaired by his age. FDR couldn't walk. Especially in FDR's third term, age and his disability left him more physically frail.

What's more, FDR was not a super genius. He was a pol's pol. He could glad hand and back slap with the best of them. Biden may lack FDR's sparkling charm, but he's not charmless and he's REALLY good at retail political moments. They both have an instinct for legislation built on compromise and they understand that America has a critical role to play the world fighting fascism. Both were tested by crises. 

The biggest difference is that FDR was a magnetic public speaker and Biden simply is not. His lifelong speech impediment is clearly worse. I agree with Josh Marshall, though, that we need to see more Angry Biden. That's his best venue for this moment.