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  Biden has to constantly message and remind Americans  that they’re getting some benefits from his administration ,” he said. “They [also] need to keep focusing on the fact that the Republicans are dangerous and they don’t want to pass policies that help the average American.” As the election approaches, La Raja says, voters will begin weighing candidates — and in a field of few Democratic alternatives — Biden will likely come forward as the only viable option.“As the campaign heats up, people are going to start [asking] the key question ‘Who are the alternatives?'” he said. “As the election approaches, people are going to be like, ‘[Biden’s] our guy.'” Newsletter Signup Stay up to date on all the latest news from Boston.comSubmit your email Enter your email address Sign upThe post Poll: 59% of Mass. residents think Biden shouldn’t run again appeared first on Boston.com.

  Lang Lang’s programme was dominated by Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations’ © Getty Images The music of Robert Schumann also provided the opener in an earlier solo recital in the same hall. As politicians and lawmakers up the road argued with each other about the newly downed Chinese spy balloon, Chinese pianist Lang Lang seemed to quietly — and not undiplomatically — moot the idea that other things with the power to transcend national boundaries were available, if we cared to listen. After the short but musically rich Arabeske in C major, the rest of his programme was comprised of JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Lang Lang, whose personal circumstances seem to have engendered a new maturity in his playing — last year he turned 40 and became a father — is still a dazzling and fascinating musician. Some of his more curious interpretive decisions, especially in his tempi, dynamics and rubato, worked; some did not. I had my reservations about the wisdom of performing that particular repertoir...