Party officials seek to protect their candidate amid calls for him to voluntarily relinquish his position
Turmoil and uncertainty continued to swirl around the Democratic Party as it seeks to reassure itself following Thursday night’s calamitous presidential debate performance by
A CBS poll asking whether both candidates possessed the “mental and cognitive health to serve as president” found that while 50 per cent opined that Donald Trump “does not”, 72 per cent now believe that Joe Biden does not.Who could replace Joe Biden? Here are six possibilitiesShe added: “Do they think he has the integrity to be president after that performance? Let us not make a judgment about a presidency on one debate.
“And if he was to drop out, it would lead to weeks of chaos, internal food fighting, and a bunch of candidates who limp into a brutal floor fight at the convention, all while Donald Trump has time to speak to American voters uncontested,” he added. Democratic polling groups worked over the weekend gauging whether the dismayed international reaction corresponds with the thinking of their grassroots support base. There is also a disquiet among Democrats over the fact that intense scrutiny of Biden’s capacity to function has meant virtually no condemnation of the 30-plus falsehoods which Trump issued unchecked over the course of a debate which he clearly won.
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