WILMINGTON, Del. — The teleprompters were set, the patriotic decorations assembled, and onlookers had been waiting for hours. Still, as the light faded behind an oversize American flag and the evening grew chilly, there was no sign of Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the elaborate stage from which his fans hoped he would declare victory. “Democracy is sometimes messy,” Mr. Biden said last week. “It sometimes requires a little patience as well.”

Source: International New York Times November 10, 2020 01:07 UTC