Even CNN was not able to do their usual spin-take on things. And while that may not be the end all to be all, it at least begs the question—if Joe Biden has lost even his closest support, how can he possibly win the election?
For even his staunchest admirers, it's not about a party winning anymore, nor should it be. It's a question of the future State of the Union. Whether or not CNN wants to admit the truth about Joe Biden's failures governing the country, and of course they won't, they can draw no other conclusion than that he's incapable of leading us forward now. And of course, if Joe Biden were to somehow win, few people, even in his camp, are sure Biden can finish out a second term, leaving us with Kamala Harris—who is less liked than even Biden is.
To use CNN's own words, that Democrats are in a deep state of panic after the debate performance by Joe Biden, is a massive understatement in my opinion. As it stands right now, they have effectively lost the election. Joe Biden simply cannot be president, even if it means losing to Donald J. Trump.
"Joe Biden simply has to go," was not the kind of commentary anyone in the White House wanted to hear from Democrats sitting on a panel at CNN, who all but fall over themselves slobbering over "their guy." When your greatest love affair turns their back on you and wants you to pack your bags and leave, that's a devastating moment you simply can't come back from.
Sure, they could choose someone else. But who? And isn't it too late for that? I mean, think about it. How could the Democrats still expect to be rewarded after making a very poor choice in 2020 with Biden, and after the fact, touting unpopular policies that have greatly impacted American's lives and financial well-being, denying time and time again any cognitive decline, and still allowing the show to go on in 2024 in what they have been very clear to emphasize is "one of the most important election choices in our history."
It seems like if that were true, the Democrats would have made different choices and not tried so hard to hide the truth from the American people about the reality of a diminished president who, by many accounts, isn't even believed to be the decision maker.
How many times did Karine Jean-Pierre stand at the podium and declare, "The president you see from time to time is not the president we see in the Oval Office every single day doing the work of the American People."
Even Bill Maher once joked, "You should tape that so we can see it too." And he's no supporter of Donald Trump. Democrats have had questions along with conservatives for a long time, although Democrats were more willing to take the benefit of the doubt.
Meanwhile, the border and inflation remain hot button issues, and regardless of where blame wants to be directed, the fact is that both of these issues happened under Joe Biden's watch. Claim it or pass the blame, it doesn't matter. It's his border and his inflation, and he hasn't done much, if anything, to fix those issues.
Even if you bring in someone like Gavin Newsome, what will he offer that is different than what Biden has? Sure, Democrats may rally around him. But his ideas align with Biden's, and if Biden's approval ratings are in the tank, what sense does it make to continue forward with someone who will simply carry on the with the same failed policies that Americans, on both sides, are clearly not happy with?
They could pull the 25th Amendment and install Kamala Harris immediately as president and hand her the nomination. But she's less popular than Biden is.
But isn't this also a massive stain on the media? What does it say to the American people, even in the media's analysis, about their ability to give to the People straight? It took this, a debate, for eyes to open and realizations to occur to them that what was feared all along, that the president has been in mental decline for a very long time, is true?
And then there was a poignant statement made by John King on CNN that was quite telling as well, when he said he now wonders how much more involved Kamala Harris may be in the White House, suggesting, although quietly, that Joe Biden has not actually been the president for some time.
That alone should terrify voters. If we don't even know who exactly is running the country, where does that leave us?
The Democrats have a huge mess on their hands. Who knows what their next move will be, or even at this point what it can be. It seems clear, at least by media accounts, that Joe Biden's campaign is over. No one wants him to be president. They still don't want Donald Trump. But it can't be Joe Biden.
And again, how will voters reconcile the multiple poor decisions the Democrats have made, all but destroying the chance to maintain the democracy they've scared the American people into believing is under siege—how could you play so carelessly with our freedoms like this? Any "installed" candidate will be against just as deep scrutiny. How can it be trusted that this isn't as bad a decision as the one before it?
At the end of the day the result is, of course, still up to the voters. It's up to the American people to decide. But for all intents and purposes, things just got way more interesting. Of course, it may be days or weeks before we know more according to how the polls go, and what the narratives will be, especially on the liberal media side, and from the White House itself.
But I think to say Biden's out of the race, either officially or unofficially, is not even remotely a stretch to say it.
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