joe biden entered the conversation trying to dispel some of the concerns about his age and fragility and ability to communicate effectively and he just didn t rise to the occasion and i think that is a bit of a shame for him and the campaign because that will be the story from this discussion. it was halting and raspy and stumbled over some statistics and indeed, misquoted some of them as well, especially in instances of his economic performance which is every bit as strong as the former president s so i think looking through it in that prism does make it difficult reading i think for a lot of democrats and really does change the game very quickly heading into the summer months. very quickly heading into the summer months. ., ., ,., summer months. you mention some statistics he summer months. you mention some statistics he stumbled summer months. you mention some statistics he stumbled over- summer months. you mention some statistics he stumbled over and - statistics he