“To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race.” This is the – very harsh – title of the editorial of the board of New York Timesafter the disastrous performance of the Democratic candidate for the White House in the TV duel against Donald Trump (The 10 key points of the debate – Possible alternatives to Biden). “Biden – we read in the article – has claimed to be the candidate with the best chances of facing this threat of tyranny and to defeat it. His argument is largely based on the fact that he beat Trump in 2020. But that is no longer a sufficient reason to explain why Biden should be the Democratic nominee this year.”
The New York Times editorial
Il Now then he underlines: “Voters cannot be expected to ignore what was evident: Biden is no longer the man he was four years ago.” For the US newspaper, during the clash on TV with Trump, the president appeared “like the shadow of a great public servant. He struggled to explain what he would achieve in a second term. He struggled to respond to Trump’s provocations. He struggled to hold Trump to account for his lies, his failures and his chilling plans. More than once he struggled to get to the end of a sentence.” The president’s performance, argues the anchor Now, “cannot be dismissed as a bad evening or attributed to a supposed cold, because it confirms concerns that have been building for months or even years. Even when Biden tried to present his policy proposals, he stumbled. It cannot be offset by other public appearances because he limited and carefully controlled his public appearances.” “The truth Biden must now face is that he has failed his own test,” the paper insists, encouraging the party to seek candidates “better equipped to present clear, compelling and energetic alternatives to a second Trump presidency.”
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Despite the debate going badly, and despite sources revealing that there is strong concern within the Dems about the repercussions that Biden’s disappointing performance will have on the polls, many “big” names immediately sided with the president. Among these there is also Barack Obama. “Bad debate nights happen, believe me I know about them. But this election is still a choice between someone who has stood up for ordinary people his whole life and someone who only thinks about himself. Between someone who tells the truth, who knows what is right and wrong and someone with a mind seeking benefits last night did not change that. The stakes in November are high,” the former president said.
