I’m guessing a lot of Democrats are telling Biden the time has come to surrender the car keys.
Over the four years I covered the Trump White House, I kept waiting for Donald Trump to change — to grow, really — and moderate his behavior to meet the awesome responsibilities that awaited him every morning at the Resolute Desk. It turns out, Trump needed to lose an election for that to happen, but as the world saw Thursday night, it has happened. Trump has learned to listen.
As for President Joe Biden, it was clear during CNN’s presidential debate Thursday night that he has declined. Now it is Biden who clearly is not heeding solid advice from people who know that, at age 81, he is not up for the race.
Biden won the 2020 Democratic primary saying he was the only Democrat who could beat Trump. Four years later, he may be the only Democrat who could lose to Trump, 78. The pressure for Biden to announce his withdrawal from the race will be unrelenting. (READ MORE from Debra J. Saunders: Two Big Media Mistakes This Week Already)
For months, I’ve been part of the chorus saying that if Biden steps aside, Vice President Kamala Harris, 59, also would have to make way for a replacement because she, too, doesn’t do well in polls.
But, really, Harris looks a lot better today.
Back to Trump. He did a lot of things right on the Atlanta stage. His approach to immigration meshes better with voters than Biden’s open-border bent.
