God Bless Paul Davies and the @PhillyInquirer: "The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump...There was only one person at the debate who does not deserve to be running for president. The sooner Trump exits the stage, the better off the country will be."
That is *a* problem, not *the* problem. Regardless of how terrible Biden performed at the debate (an event which has no actual relevance to or bearing on one’s ability to govern), Trump is still a singular threat to the country and does not deserve leniency.
I said debates have no bearing on one’s ability to do the job, but to your point they’ve been much less meaningful to elections in the past 64 years. Hillary mopped the floor with Trump in every debate. And, again, Biden not communicating the threat well is *a* problem. Trump is far worse.
Biden was already struggling prior to the debate. Especially with the youth vote. His primary challenge is to motivate his base to the polls in the landscape that he will need overperformance. I just can't see him overcoming at this point.
