Joe Biden is failing to silence calls that he step aside
And some senior Democrats may merely be holding their fire
Feel for Joe Biden. If you too had spent half a century coveting a job, you might be reluctant to give it up. When the octogenarian turned in the most disastrous debate performance in modern times on June 27th, alarmed fellow Democrats began agitating for him to gracefully withdraw from his re-election campaign. The confused guy who appeared on stage seemed in no state to defeat Donald Trump in November, let alone govern the country into 2029.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The comeback kidder”
United States July 13th 2024
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