of any democratic victory and they did turn out people. 0ur democracy has been tested in recent_ 0ur democracy has been tested in recent years, but with their votes the american people spoke. how do you assess where this leavesjoe biden? had he really had his clock cleaned and had he lost badly and been relaxed, which is barack 0bama's frame that phrase, they would be a debate about whether it was time for him to stand aside and not run for re—election but now instead we have an emboldened president. it actually presents the democrats a quandary because if you think that an 80—year—old joe biden is too old to run for election, you are now in a more difficult position of preventing that from happening. because he has come out of this