President Biden’s desperate attempts to quell calls for him to end his presidential campaign are not working. Increasing numbers of prominent Democrats are either openly calling for him to step aside or express uncertainty when asked if he can beat former President Donald Trump.
President Biden’s desperate attempts to quell calls for him to end his presidential campaign are not working. Increasing numbers of prominent Democrats are either openly calling for him to step aside or expressing uncertainty when asked if he can beat former President Donald Trump.
This shows the game is up. It’s no longer a question of if; it’s only a matter of when and how Biden will withdraw.
Politicians never give up power easily. They have spent their entire lives questing for it. No one gives up his life’s dream without a struggle.
But other politicians in similar straits eventually conclude it’s time to go. The idea that a person is a political liability to the party is like a beachhead for an amphibious landing. Once the beachhead is secure, it’s only a matter of time before the invading forces press inland to victory. Just ask Richard Nixon or former British Prime Minister Liz Truss, each of whom eventually yielded to the inevitable despite valiant resistance.
Biden’s time to crush this beachhead was in the first 48 hours after his disastrous debate performance. He needed to show publicly he can speak clearly without a teleprompter and reassure allies privately in person and by phone that he is really all right. His utter failure to do so for days led Democrats across the country to one logical conclusion: He isn’t doing it because he can’t.
Biden’s drop in the polls has only reinforced that sense. In theory, a candidate can come back from a 6-point polling deficit in the four months remaining in the campaign.
