the man at the top. former vice president joe biden began this race as a front-runner but saw his standing decline after a shaky first debate. so biden enters round two promising to be less polite and knowing senator cory booker is among those hoping to gain by targeting the leader. i m disappointed that it s taken joe biden years and years, until he was running for president to say he has made a mistake. he unveiled his bill f, this is raging crisis in our country. the predebate numbers suggest biden stabilized some. fox news national survey put biden a top the field at 33%. three senators, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, and kamala harris are next but well back. mayor pete buttigieg runs a distant fifth. in south carolina, which votes fourth next year, the same top four in a monday mouth survey