bouie is literally the only person on the NYT board who is behaving and responding to the debate like a professional that has followed and covered a presidential election. i mean that seriously, i'm not being snarky.
if you actually get *paid* to write about politics for a living, screaming that the nominee has to drop out after one bad debate *in june* (and one in which the challenger did not do well, either), you are unqualified for your job and your salary
a bad debate performance by an incumbent early in the summer isn't even unusual, it's pretty normal, and the challenger is facing sentencing for more than three dozen felony charges in a couple of weeks, insisting that it's over for the incumbent *now*, *in june* is absurd
The panic pairs hilariously with the “why is Biden doing this so early?” talking point from the last month.
I dunno, guys, maybe this is why? Test the waters with CNN while voters are still mostly tuned out?
