The past few days have been perhaps the most dramatic political spectacle since November 8, 2016. Ever since President Biden’s disastrous debate performance last Thursday, there has been a panic around the country. Can he still be on the Democratic ticket in 2024? And who has actually been running the United States for the past four years?
Every minute, another shoe drops. Another grim poll, another devastating leak. All of which suggests that Biden has to throw in the towel. But the White House insists he’s in it for the long haul. “I am running. . . . No one’s pushing me out. I’m not leaving. I’m in this race to the end and we’re going to win,” Biden told DNC staff on a call Wednesday.
On today’s special *emergency* episode of Honestly, Bari sits down with Axios national political correspondent Alex Thompson to help make sense of what is going on and what comes next. Thompson has covered President Biden for years and is one of the few reporters, long before last Thursday night, who dared to report on the subject of Biden’s age and mental acuity. There’s no one better situated to break down how the Biden camp is dealing with the fallout since the debate.
They discuss Biden World’s calculus for staying in the race, who might replace Biden if he ultimately drops out, what is going on with Democratic donors, why the media missed this story for months, and what this could all mean for the future of the nation.
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It's adorable how many left-of-center folks are dismayed by the current Biden kerfuffle. Have these folks really not paid attention until now? The Left loves to focus on Trump's lies. 'Lies' seems like a strong word for much of the relatively harmless exaggeration and nonsense that runs out of his mouth. The more harmful Lies of the Left who have effectively visited a Senile Puppet on the country the past few years seem like Lies worth focusing on. For those seriously interested in democracy in our country a useful question would be, what unelected group of individuals has really been running the country the past few years?
Great interview Bari with Alex. One really nitpicking comment is that I find it curious when intelligent people use ‘hone in’ instead of ‘home in’ - shouldn’t a writer know this? And then the people who say ‘nuke-u-ler’ instead of ‘nuke-clee-er’ make me worry - especially when they are in power (like George W.) Do we just accept that this is how language (d)evolves?