 was able to hold votes as an incumbent of the White House in an off-year election. So he's got that going for him, and it seems like his excuses are well rehearsed. The problem actually came a little way through when you couldn't hear it. But I'll explain the audio here in a minute. There was a sigh, and the camera was on Joe Biden when he sighed, when George Stephanopoulos started recounting how bad he's doing in the battleground polling.