In The Washington Post, Carlos Lozada reviews "Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won The Presidency. I haven't read the book myself, but I hate this framing. Of course, Beltway insider journalists, while they might skew liberal, appear to loathe actually existing Democrats, with occasional temporary exceptions (Barack Obama in 2008, Pete Buttigieg in 2020). Allen and Parnes come to this project ready to take Biden down several pegs. Four years ago, Allen and Parnes co-authored the best-selling “Shattered,” an examination of Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 campaign, in which they placed the blame largely on the ineptitude of the losing side.