Equally important, yet sometimes overlooked in the punditry’s relentless nose-against-the-window focus on the news of the hour, is that in an era of nearly relentless nastiness, Biden exudes decency. And his biography makes him an almost uniquely sympathetic figure on the national stage. That enduring reality — the fact that so many voters who almost reflexively dislike all politicians have a reserve of affinity for Joe — must be central to almost any understanding of his remarkable Lazarus-like resurrection.