He also struck some political analysts as being a bit sluggish, especially for someone who, as a senator, is a member of one of the most exclusive debating societies in the world.
But Mr. Biden's broad knowledge, his committee chairmanship and his longtime membership in the most exclusive debating club in the nation also feed his biggest flaw: a verbosity and love of his own voice that drive many, including, by some accounts, Mr. Obama, nuts.
Mr Huppert said: "We're trying to get more people into politics, we're trying not to make it an exclusive debating club.
He joined the "Apostles", an exclusive debating society of the intellectual elite, where through his essays he sought to work out this understanding.
The eponymous host, starting a daily morning TV show in London as compensation for no longer wanting to front a radio one from Salford, promises "breaking news, exclusive interviews, debates and some lovely, lovely films we hope you'll want to share on social media".
So Mr. Baier, who gave a reporter exclusive access to debate preparations, put those misgivings in a question for Mr. Romney and read it out loud to his colleagues.
"It will include the kind of broadcasting I love doing – original journalism, stories that affect the lives of our audience, exclusive interviews, viewer debates and big breaking news".
The show's other hope is that – through its mixture of "breaking news, exclusive interviews and debates" – you'll switch off Jeremy Kyle, whose parade of human cruelty and unhappiness is the main competition from ITV in this time slot.
Limiting political debate to exclusive media channels raises serious questions about the fairness of our elections and our democracy.
