Lisa: It's fairly insane that MOST political journalists are not applying the same standards of cognitive decline to both candidates. Biden seems positively lucid compared to the other guy. AND he's been managing an inordinately complex 9 months about as well as it can be managed.

New Yorker wants Joe Biden, whose admin has had historical success, to resign bc he's not doing well at running for re-election. This is not, in fact, what the 25th Amendment was made for.

This Is What the Twenty-fifth Amendment Was Designed Forwww.newyorker.com If Joe Biden doesn’t willingly resign, there’s another solution, which would allow Democrats to unite around a new incumbent.

It's fairly insane that MOST political journalists exhibit no understanding that being President and running for President are not the same thing, and often a President who is effective at making policy may not titillate their beltway gossip machine, which reflects on THEIR competence, not his.

It's fairly insane that MOST political journalists are not applying the same standards of cognitive decline to both candidates. Biden seems positively lucid compared to the other guy. AND he's been managing an inordinately complex 9 months about as well as it can be managed.

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