Can Joe Biden survive his poor debate? Even his friends aren't sure.
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All the options for Democrats carry risks of chaos and division that could undermine the odds of victory by any nominee in November.
Can Joe Biden survive his poor debate? Even his friends aren't sure.
All the options for Democrats carry risks of chaos and division that could undermine the odds of victory by any nominee in November.
Can Joe Biden survive?
Three days after a disastrous performance by the president in the first 2024 campaign debate, many Democratic strategists, officeholders, donors, pundits, potential rivals and long-time friends still aren't sure.
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A drumbeat of concern about Biden as the party's nominee expressed in public and private began minutes after the CNN debate in Atlanta came on the air, showing a hoarse and sometimes stumbling Biden facing a bombastic Donald Trump hurling insults and untruths. Since then, efforts by Team Biden to shore up his support and move on haven't quieted alarm about his prospects in November and the damaging impact it could have on Democratic candidates down the ballot.
The fact is people are nervous; there's a lot of anxiety," former Democratic national chair Donna Brazile acknowledged on ABC's "This Week," saying she had fielded so many frantic calls from fellow Democrats that she considered "dropping my phone into the Potomac."
She also made the case for Biden: "He also is a good man, a strong president and Democrats still believe that this race is winnable."
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That said, a CBS News/YouGov poll taken Friday and Saturday showed how the debate had exacerbated the 81-year-old Biden's biggest vulnerability, his age. Seventy-two percent of registered voters said he did not have the mental and cognitive health to serve as president. The same percentage said he shouldn't be running for president, including more than a third of Democrats, 36%.
What has become clear is how much that decision is up to Biden himself, given party rules that make it nearly inconceivable that he could be replaced on the ticket without his assent − and how little time is left to make that call. A virtual roll call for the nomination is planned by Aug. 7, even before the convention opens, to address a deadline in Ohio that had threatened to keep Biden off the ballot there.
And this: All of the options for Democrats carry risks of infighting that could undermine the odds of victory by any nominee.
The lessons of 'Access Hollywood'
Biden may be applying a lesson learned from Trump if he stays in the race for the White House.
A month before the 2016 election, the Washington Post revealed a recording of Trump from 2005 bragging that he could grab women's genitals without consequences because "when you're a star, they let you do it."
Can Joe Biden survive his poor debate? Even his friends aren't sure.
All the options for Democrats carry risks of chaos and division that could undermine the odds of victory by any nominee in November.
Susan Page
USA TODAY
Can Joe Biden survive?
Three days after a disastrous performance by the president in the first 2024 campaign debate, many Democratic strategists, officeholders, donors, pundits, potential rivals and long-time friends still aren't sure.
A drumbeat of concern about Biden as the party's nominee expressed in public and private began minutes after the CNN debate in Atlanta came on the air, showing a hoarse and sometimes stumbling Biden facing a bombastic Donald Trump hurling insults and untruths. Since then, efforts by Team Biden to shore up his support and move on haven't quieted alarm about his prospects in November and the damaging impact it could have on Democratic candidates down the ballot.
"The fact is people are nervous; there's a lot of anxiety," former Democratic national chair Donna Brazile acknowledged on ABC's "This Week," saying she had fielded so many frantic calls from fellow Democrats that she considered "dropping my phone into the Potomac."
She also made the case for Biden: "He also is a good man, a strong president and Democrats still believe that this race is winnable."
Prep for the polls: See who is running for president and compare where they stand on key issues in our Voter Guide
That said, a CBS News/YouGov poll taken Friday and Saturday showed how the debate had exacerbated the 81-year-old Biden's biggest vulnerability, his age. Seventy-two percent of registered voters said he did not have the mental and cognitive health to serve as president. The same percentage said he shouldn't be running for president, including more than a third of Democrats, 36%.
What has become clear is how much that decision is up to Biden himself, given party rules that make it nearly inconceivable that he could be replaced on the ticket without his assent − and how little time is left to make that call. A virtual roll call for the nomination is planned by Aug. 7, even before the convention opens, to address a deadline in Ohio that had threatened to keep Biden off the ballot there.
And this: All of the options for Democrats carry risks of infighting that could undermine the odds of victory by any nominee.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - JUNE 28: People wave signs at a post-debate campaign rally for U.S. President Joe Biden on June 28, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Last night President Biden and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump faced off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
The lessons of 'Access Hollywood'
Biden may be applying a lesson learned from Trump if he stays in the race for the White House.
A month before the 2016 election, the Washington Post revealed a recording of Trump from 2005 bragging that he could grab women's genitals without consequences because "when you're a star, they let you do it."
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There were consequences then, with some leading Republicans calling their nominee unfit for the presidency. But Trump bulldozed through their objections, dismissing or ignoring his critics. He won the White House and solidified his hold on the GOP.
About four years later, after the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, by rioters trying to overturn Trump's defeat in the 2020 election, Congress impeached him, though the Senate didn't convict him. But the firestorm that would have sabotaged most political careers in time didn't notably erode his political base.
Can Joe Biden survive his poor debate? Even his friends aren't sure.
All the options for Democrats carry risks of chaos and division that could undermine the odds of victory by any nominee in November.
Susan Page
USA TODAY
Can Joe Biden survive?
Three days after a disastrous performance by the president in the first 2024 campaign debate, many Democratic strategists, officeholders, donors, pundits, potential rivals and long-time friends still aren't sure.
A drumbeat of concern about Biden as the party's nominee expressed in public and private began minutes after the CNN debate in Atlanta came on the air, showing a hoarse and sometimes stumbling Biden facing a bombastic Donald Trump hurling insults and untruths. Since then, efforts by Team Biden to shore up his support and move on haven't quieted alarm about his prospects in November and the damaging impact it could have on Democratic candidates down the ballot.
"The fact is people are nervous; there's a lot of anxiety," former Democratic national chair Donna Brazile acknowledged on ABC's "This Week," saying she had fielded so many frantic calls from fellow Democrats that she considered "dropping my phone into the Potomac."
She also made the case for Biden: "He also is a good man, a strong president and Democrats still believe that this race is winnable."
Prep for the polls: See who is running for president and compare where they stand on key issues in our Voter Guide
That said, a CBS News/YouGov poll taken Friday and Saturday showed how the debate had exacerbated the 81-year-old Biden's biggest vulnerability, his age. Seventy-two percent of registered voters said he did not have the mental and cognitive health to serve as president. The same percentage said he shouldn't be running for president, including more than a third of Democrats, 36%.
What has become clear is how much that decision is up to Biden himself, given party rules that make it nearly inconceivable that he could be replaced on the ticket without his assent − and how little time is left to make that call. A virtual roll call for the nomination is planned by Aug. 7, even before the convention opens, to address a deadline in Ohio that had threatened to keep Biden off the ballot there.
And this: All of the options for Democrats carry risks of infighting that could undermine the odds of victory by any nominee.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - JUNE 28: People wave signs at a post-debate campaign rally for U.S. President Joe Biden on June 28, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Last night President Biden and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump faced off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
The lessons of 'Access Hollywood'
Biden may be applying a lesson learned from Trump if he stays in the race for the White House.
A month before the 2016 election, the Washington Post revealed a recording of Trump from 2005 bragging that he could grab women's genitals without consequences because "when you're a star, they let you do it."
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There were consequences then, with some leading Republicans calling their nominee unfit for the presidency. But Trump bulldozed through their objections, dismissing or ignoring his critics. He won the White House and solidified his hold on the GOP.
About four years later, after the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, by rioters trying to overturn Trump's defeat in the 2020 election, Congress impeached him, though the Senate didn't convict him. But the firestorm that would have sabotaged most political careers in time didn't notably erode his political base.
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