Jackson 🥥🌴🏳️‍🌈: The hard part of this is that it involves eating crow. For me, certainly. I dismissed concerns of Biden being too old. Repeatedly. On this very website. I shouldn't have. My only defense is that the evidence we had before the debate was not *quite* as bad. But I still should have seen it.

CASTRO: "I actually don't see a path now for president Biden to stay in this race in the long term. [...] There are better options out there for Democrats. We have a stable of folks who could do a better job, including Vice President Harris."

'Another Democrat would have a better shot' at beating Trump than Biden: Julián Castrowww.msnbc.com President Biden has been facing growing concern from Democrats about his age and wellbeing since the debate. New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker, former HUD Secretary Julián Cas...

Once again wondering who these unbeatable candidates are

Nobody is unbeatable. Joe Biden could win. Kamala Harris could lose. It's a question of whether he has 4.5 more years of being president left in him, and after the new evidence of Thursday's debate I'm finally persuaded to say I don't think he does.

I’m voting for Biden even though I fully expect him to retire 2 years into his term. It isn’t really Biden or Harris. It’s Biden and Harris.

That's an interesting position. But that's not the case he's been making to voters. If we expect him to only last 2 years, why shouldn't we just be honest and put his inevitable replacement Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket now?

Because the appearance of unanticipated instability -- which the media will hype for days or longer -- plays directly into the b.s. T has been spouting since the days of Sleepy Joe. Imagine: "See, we were right all along! Dems are liars and frauds just like we said."

The hard part of this is that it involves eating crow. For me, certainly. I dismissed concerns of Biden being too old. Repeatedly. On this very website. I shouldn't have. My only defense is that the evidence we had before the debate was not *quite* as bad. But I still should have seen it.

In other words, unfortunately, what is "playing into the sleepy joe thing" is reality. I didn't think so until Thursday. None of this excuses Trump, and being old is not a moral failing. But at some point you gotta face the music and retire. Especially from a 4-year contract in a high stakes job.

I do appreciate your candor, and I will admit to being perhaps not skeptical enough of Biden's capacity. But the dithering is worse than the decision. Stay in or bow out for cause, but get your party in line Joe! Dems: Know the line, and stick to it. 100% Joe. If he decides no, 100% Kamala. LFG.

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