After years in the doldrums of critical and public opinion, Kamala Harris has begun to find her voice
’s campaign to retain the White House, when he spoke at a Sunday morning church service in Philadelphia before heading on for an ice-cream invitation-only event in Harrisburg. Four years ago, Biden carried the state of Pennsylvania, but latest polling figures show that he now lags behindby three percentage points in the critical swing state. Meanwhile, the opinion that he must force himself to coldly evaluate his position continues to increase in volume.
Schiff’s comments were in line with those of other prominent Democrats in that their nuance and suggestion fell short of an explicit call to step down but distilled the extraordinary dilemma that has seized the party. Connecticut senator Chris Murphy, also speaking on Sunday, admitted that the week ahead will be “absolutely critical”.
The human tragedy about it all is that Biden is valiantly trying to show just that. There is, for his colleagues, something poignant and frustrating about the blind faith and flashes of anger with which he continues to reject the dissenting opinions. His CBS interview with George Stephanopoulos, broadcast on Friday night, succeeded in further muddying the waters on whether he has the requisite physical and mental stamina to endure the rigours of the campaign ahead.
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