text:  So I think this was just bad for them. And I think Biden has risen to the occasion on some occasions. I was at the State of the Union. That was only a few months ago. I was in the room at the State of the Union, and Biden sounded like he was on drugs, but he sounded fine in the sense that he was screaming the whole time and at least seemed to have a lot of energy. After the debate, Joe Biden actually sounded pretty good when he was talking to the crowd.