Michael McDowell: The recent debate proved Biden is well past his political sell-by date and urgent action is required to prevent the unthinkable of Donald Trump reclaiming the White House
The recent debate proved Biden is well past his political sell-by date and urgent action is required to prevent the unthinkable of Donald Trump reclaiming the White HouseJoe Biden: he has lost physical fitness and mental acuity in the last two years in the eyes of most objective observers. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Imagesfor me to start doubting whether Biden’s age was likely to become a major issue in the November election race.
At that time in 2021, I saw the potential for a Trump comeback in the wake of a possible midterm electoral disaster in 2022. That disaster did not come about. The Democrats predictably lost the House of Representatives but kept partial control of the Senate by a wafer-thin majority.
Both Biden and Harris are becoming electoral liabilities at the worst possible time in the electoral cycle. The thought of a Kamala Harris presidency seemed unlikely then and seems like a complete negative now. Entirely predictable.
Could Biden even now attempt to freshen up his own candidacy by dropping Harris in favour of a different running mate? Would dumping Harris cause even more damage than keeping her on the ticket? Probably so. That is a further millstone around the Democrats’ collective neck. Trump, perhaps ludicrously, looks more on top of things politically and seems to have been forgiven his felony conviction already by voters. He appears to have a political wind in his sails while Biden looks politically becalmed and psychologically bedraggled.
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