pushed as an answer, as an alternative to then president trump, and once the pandemic set in, of course, this, look, jb joe biden would be the steady hand to lead the u.s. out of this. aides i talked to privately wish things had gone a little differently in that first tumultuous few days in afghanistan, certainly. a few moments where in retrospect second guessing the july 4th, declaring our independence from covered id declaration from the president, of course, seemed premature. that moment with the delta variant starting to percolate overseas and inevitable it would reach our shores, but they believe they are on the right track still. they're encouraged by the decline in virus numbers. they believe these vaccine mandates will help drive those down further. the economic recovery. last month the job report, not great. but not a straight line, but believe it won't be, though, not