Like me, I'm sure you had conversations with non-political people who chuckled at the idea that Joe was actually running the show, and I would say that the least-fooled of all were young people.
Never underestimate the ability of the GOP to screw things up for itself, but I don't know how the Dems will overcome what they perpetrated for the near future. How can anyone but the conor-types want to reward these people?