Biden’s debate performance is the wake-up call Democrats wanted to avoid 

If Thursday night’s presidential debate was a sign of the race to come, I don’t blame the record number of American voters who say they’ve checked out of the political process entirely.  

This isn’t the column I expected to write. Prior to Thursday’s debate, Joe Biden’s team raised expectations that the president would clarify his campaign message and bring the fight to Donald Trump’s doorstep.

Whatever those best laid plans were, it took less than 12 minutes for them to come unraveled.