I think the freakout has been absurd and overblown and far more damaging than the debate itself, which would have been survivable if everyone had been willing to circle the wagons and push back on it
I am, from a purely pragmatic standpoint, extremely concerned that the damage cannot be overcome
Breaking news: President Biden and his senior team said they accepted the grim ultimatum they’ve been hearing from almost all quarters of the Democratic Party — to demonstrate his fitness for office or face a significant effort to force him to step aside.
I may well be wrong about this - it's still the beginning of July, and a number of people I respect have a different view of the situation
but at this point the only thing that matters to me is beating Trump in November and I don't think Biden can do that without full support from his party
tbh i think it just requires biden doing an interview, spouting off some of his malarkey talk, and making a few disparaging jokes about the nyt and it'll be fine
I hope you're right, I really do, and I guess we'll see how this weekend's interviews go
but I am not convinced, not with the depth of worry across the party
I would be absolutely delighted to eat shit here
I think seriously underestimating how poorly this can go considering what we saw during the debate. I don’t think there was any way to convince anyone but the most committed partisans that there’s no reason to worry even if everyone decided they’d just push that line. He was obviously struggling.
Hopefully he bounces back, I really hope he does, but there was no way to deny what everyone could see and hear without sounding totally disingenuous. Again, hopefully he comes out strong the rest of the way.
