“I’m not inclined to shower Biden with praise after his decision today. Instead, I’m more ambivalent. I do give him credit for leaving now instead of prolonging the agony further — I’d figured we were in for a really ugly week for Democratic Party, and today was about the last possible moment at which he could have exited with most of his dignity intact. However, as someone who was early on the Biden skepticism beat, I think Biden should have stepped aside many months ago when there still would have been time to have some semblance of a competitive primary. I think the people who thought it was a good idea to run this version of Biden for another term — from family members like Hunter Biden to strategists like Jen O’Malley Dillon, Mike Donilon and Ron Klain — should be regarded with skepticism and shouldn’t come within 100 miles of the war room of Kamala Harris or whomever else the Democratic nominee turns out to be.”