He lost valuable time during the transition as a result of President Donald Trump's refusal to acknowledge the outcome of the election. And once Biden enters office, he will have a host of problems to contend with. We are still immersed in a pandemic, the economy is extraordinarily fragile and the nation is as divided as ever. Biden should know — he saw President Barack Obama's dreams of moving beyond a red and blue America crash into the McConnell wall. As Vice President Mike Pence said Friday when he received his vaccine, "Hope is on the way."

Source: CNN December 19, 2020 21:22 UTC