Certainly does. I mean, Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei wrote this this morning in politico. He denied the loudest, most threatening gop personalities, dug deep into government intelligence, and shifted his position on the most vital foreign Policy Legislation in years. Why it matters . It is hard to overstate the importance of Johnsons Road to kyiv political conversion. He not only shifted his own position on funding and arming ukraine but defied a majority of his party to do it. Wow. Lets bring in Columnist And Associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius. Nbc News Capitol Hill correspondent ali vitali. David, if you will, give us your thoughts on what we saw this weekend. Joe, i thought it was a tremendously emotional affirmation of the ability of the united states, despite all of our political divisions and difficulties, to get to the
First lady dr. Jill biden in my exclusive interview last week on the question of President Bidens age. Joining us now Columnist And Associate editor for the Washington Post David ignatius. David, you wrote the column that joe biden, President Biden should not run again in 2024. When you look at how hes managing the World Stage and you hear dr. Bidens argument that he knows everybody, hes been there, done that, and any response, any update to your point of view . As i wrote it at the time in september, so many of President Bidens policies i think are good. I think hes done a very good job of handling this extraordinarily difficult war in gaza. I think hes worked well with the secretary of State Antony Blinken and god bless him. The american public does seem to be concerned about his age. Thats not you or me saying it. Its a feeling thats out there