That's a good point. Why isn't Joe Biden touted as the most experienced candidate for president? 37 years in the senate alone for legislative experience and a two term VP. How could anybody other than the person who is already the president have more experience to be president than Joe Biden? You don't hear about his career or the policies that 37 years as a legislator helped him create. All you get instead is Pobody's Nerfect deflection and sob stories about his family life and fables about how a 50 year career politician is just Lunchpail Joey from Scranton.
Edit: Also, empathy is a really feminine thing for Joe Biden to run on, isn't it? Bubba ran on it a lot better with that "feel your pain" stuff, and he was young enough, and glib enough, and "slick" enough, to pull that off. Who wants to vote for Empathetic Sissy Grandpa as president?