When President Joe Biden entered a voting booth in Delaware on Monday to cast his early ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris, it wasn맥스카지노�t necessarily the moment for which he맥스카지노�d been planning a few months ago.Biden, of course, once hoped to vote for himself, one last opportunity to check the box next to his own name after a half-century in the political arena.Instead, he was voting for his chosen successor 맥스카지노� a moment of pride, to be sure, that is still coming earlier than he wanted it to.Instead of a big campaign event 맥스카지노� as it would likely have been if he were still the candidate 맥스카지노� his trip to a polling station in Delaware was a lower-key affair compared to the roiling presidential campaign that is unfolding without him.Biden stood in line for 37 minutes with members of the greater Wilmington, Delaware, community, to which he is likely to return when a new president takes the oath of office in January.He pushed an elderly lady in a wheelchair, talked on someone맥스카지노�s phone, smiled for a photo with a baby, and cracked jokes with his fellow citizens.He stood in line near a man wearing a red 맥스카지노�ELECT THAT AGAIN맥스카지노� hat, and a stray protester shouted 맥스카지노�Let맥스카지노�s go Brandon,맥스카지노� but other members of the line cheered his presence. When he reached the front of the line, he rummaged through his pocket for a photo ID.Then the president walked behind the curtain, cast his vote and received an 맥스카지노�I voted맥스카지노� sticker, which he emblazoned upon his lapel. Just over three months after he exited the top of the ticket, he had cast his ballot for the candidate he immediately endorsed.Upon exiting the polling place, when CNN asked if the moment was bittersweet, Biden focused on the positives맥스카지노�No,맥스카지노� he said, 맥스카지노�just sweet.맥스카지노�With eight days until Election Day, the president맥스카지노�s schedule this week doesn맥스카지노�t reflect a surrogate in high demand. After suggesting in September he would be on the road regularly for Harris in the final months, Biden has been largely absent from the campaign trail in the closing stretch.His union event in Pittsburgh over the weekend provided an outlet to attack Donald Trump and boost Harris 맥스카지노� but the outing wasn맥스카지노�t heavily promoted by the Harris campaign, unlike higher-profile rallies with the Obamas.Biden has a few 맥스카지노�campaign calls맥스카지노� scheduled this week, where he hopes to rally various groups telephonically behind Harris. He맥스카지노�ll attend a union event in Philadelphia on Friday, but it맥스카지노�s considered an official event rather than a Harris campaign rally.The rest of his week before the election, for now, is devoted to official tasks: receiving briefings on hurricane recovery, a Diwali reception in the East Room, remarks in Baltimore about infrastructure, trick-or-treating at the South Portico.Such is the existence of an unpopular incumbent on the way out. He joins a club that includes Bill Clinton and George W. Bush as presidents mostly kept off the campaign trail as their party looks to turn a page.After so much time in politics, Biden is fully aware of the delicate decisions that govern a campaign season. He has long said 맥스카지노� usually as a joke 맥스카지노� that he맥스카지노�s willing to campaign for or against his favored candidate, 맥스카지노�whichever will help the most.맥스카지노�Still, that doesn맥스카지노�t make it any easier to watch as the party moves forward without him. Biden believes he could still be of use to Harris among the White, working-class voters in Blue Wall states where he retains sway.Nor is it lost on Biden 맥스카지노� or anyone inside the White House 맥스카지노� that he has a lot riding on the outcome. The result of next Tuesday맥스카지노�s election will either burnish his legacy or launch harsh recriminations that he stepped aside too late.Speaking at the get-out-the-vote event in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Biden seemed to acknowledge his time on the national stage was coming to an end.맥스카지노�We got a lot more work to do, Kamala and I,맥스카지노� he said, before quickly adjusting: 맥스카지노�Kamala does.맥스카지노�Asked after he voted if his onetime running mate would win, he chose to answer in the collective voice.맥스카지노�I think we will,맥스카지노� he declared.