Last Thursday’s presidential debate could not have gone much worse for President Joe Biden.
It went so poorly that the narrative of the past several days is asking if Biden, who will turn 82 in November, is up for four more years and whether he should seriously consider not running. Biden’s voice was weak and shaky and he stumbled through answers on more than one occasion. Before the night was even over, Democrats were legitimately freaking out, and the post-debate coverage was full of respected analysts questioning Biden’s future in the race.
A presidential candidate having an awful debate performance is not unprecedented. Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama all had off nights, and very few reasonable voices suggested they be replaced on the ticket.
But that’s not the case here.
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