David Axelrod is Capable of Learning.

 Here, he offers the political advice to Joe Biden that should have been delivered, by someone, to former President Obama while he partied up in the final years of his presidency.  Good times had reached Washington DC, but the more insular parts of the country couldn't understand what they were celebrating...

Mr. President, proceed with caution. Talk about the things you and Congress have done to help meet the challenges Americans are facing, for sure. Lay out your goals for the future, absolutely. Offer realistic hope for better days ahead. We desperately need it. But recognize that we are still in the grips of a national trauma. Polls show that the vast majority of Americans believe we are on the wrong track, and people will have little patience for lavish claims of progress that defy their lived experiences.