 Barack Obama is no dummy and was never fooled by this creepy veep. Barack Obama has always had contempt for Joe because he knew him, because he picked Joe because he was a reasonably reassuringly mediocre guy with an undeserved image as an amiable dunce. Now history will portray him as what he is, a doddering clown with a grubby, corrupt scumbag who couldn't even stagger his way through a full term without making a fool of himself. That's going to be history's estimation.