Now we're in "damned if we do, damned if we don't" land. If he stays in but can't immediately assure everybody he's fine, it's very bad. If he lingers too long and then bows out, it perpetuates the dems in chaos narrative. If there's a fight over the candidacy, we all lose.
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
