Joe Biden is fading into the background

It's quite extraordinary how the mood has changed in Washington since Joe Biden's announacement about stepping down from the election race and handing over to Kamala Harris. Now it's all about Kamala, and poor old Joe is fading fast into the background and into retirement. There is a renewed energy in the Democratic campaign, Kamala is everywhere and she looks and sounds like she is yearning to be president. Biden still has just under six months to go before he officially ends his term of office but it's like he has gone already. Donald Trump has called for him to go now but that's not going to happen, unless he has a serious health scare, and if so, Kamala would take over and get an even better feel of what it's like to be the Number 1 in the White House instead of the Number 2. Meanwhile, her daily diary has been transformed into a non-stop helter-skelter list of speeches and visits and interviews and phone calls. Biden will carry on but all the attention will stay on Kamala. Poor Joe. Even his exit explanation statement from the White House was truly sad because his voice was simply not up to it. The weak, whispering voice just emphasised to everyone in and out of the White House that he had done the right thing by dropping out of the race for a second term.