Is niceness back in favour in the US presidential election?

Most Americans, with the possible exception of the women who have felt uncomfortable with his touchy-feeliness in the past, probably think of Joe Biden as a nice man. That doesn't mean that he will win the Democratic nomination and then go on to win the election on November 3. But it's possible that the American electorate have had enough of the current brazen rumbustuous sometimes out-of-the-pram president and would settle for a period of quiet gentleness. Out with the brash Donald Trump and in with the nice Joe Biden. It's difficult to guage the mood of the nation. Trump supporters will remain Trump supporters but there must be some who have begun to wonder whether he is the right man to continue as president from November 3. On the other hand, the exact opposite may be the case. With nice Mr Biden in charge would the world be a safer place? Wouldn't it be better to stick with the man who knows what he wants and grabs it if he can. He charmed Kim Jong-un and there is still hope that the two men might do something extraordinary. He had a 35-minute phone call with the leading Taliban negotiator and spoke of the need to grasp the chance of peace after nearly 19 years of fighting. Putin respects him, I think. Xi Zinping is probably wary of him which is not a bad thing. Could Biden achieve this sort of diplomatic effect? Would he be too quiet and be unable to make up his mind? Voting for Biden just to have a rest from Trumpism is no way to choose the next president. So, nice man or not, Biden now has to prove, not just to the Democratic voters but also to the US as a whole and to the world, that he has what it takes to be the next president of the United States. OK, he was vice president for eight years and learned a helluva lot about facing up to America's enemies, and friends. But being vice president is absolutely nothing like being president. Look at Mike Pence. In the last three and a bit years, the statue-like body of the vice president has stood behind Trump on every important White House occasion but at no time did you get the feeling that this man was the power behind the throne. Pence is vice president full-stop. Likewise, when Biden was vice president, he was just the guy with the nice smile behind the superstar Barack Obama. So Biden has less than eight months to prove to the nation that he has the wherewithal to remove Trump from office and march smartly into the Oval Office to take his place and stamp the Biden Doctrine on the next four years. Assuming that is Biden is nominated in July which isn't for sure. Bernie Sanders might also make a comeback. But somehow I doubt it. I think it's Biden's turn and poor Bernie will miss his once again. Biden is known to be gaffe-prone but I don't think a president-in-the-making has to be absolutely word perfect. It's easy to make mistakes under pressure and in front of the television camera lights. Former UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt for heaven's sake once introduced his wife to his Chinese counterpart on a trip to China and said she was Japanese when in fact she is Chinese. Past US presidents on foreign trips have muddled up which country they were in. But too many gaffes and Biden could fall by the way side. But if he wins the nomination, the competition for the White House on November 3 is going to be between The Nasty Man and The Nice Man.