Reply #4: Totally agree Old Crusoe

[Byronic]

It is the lack of curiosity that first depressed me about then Governor George W Bush back in 1999. His soul doesn't sing, it mutters inaudibly. His spirit doesn't soar, it doesn't bother getting out of bed in the morning.

Biden on the other hand has the desire to understand this complicated old world, and to try to make it better. You get the feeling that if he wasn't a senator at all he would still be voraciously devouring any snippet on foreign and domestic policy he could get his hands on. There is depth to Biden. He knows his stuff, and is quite happy to discuss policy in detail. No smoke. No mirrors. No cue-cards.