Or we could say he is giving her a chance to showcase her political talents. If she has a few wins, she will be credible alternative for president. At the very least, she is getting some great experience for being president.

But most items on this list are things that cannot be fixed in three years. But Mr. Biden needs to assign someone with the right title to start moving things in the right direction. "Vice-president" gets more things done than "Staffer to the assistant of the vice-president." Whether she can convert partial victories into political success is another matter. But Mr. Biden seemed to have done that--as this article suggests.

But it really is time for another kind of democracy .