The word “damning” barely describes the damage done to the Biden presidency and his stumbling re-election campaign from his horrible debate performance on Thursday night.
The fallout continues in the first post-debate poll from CBS News/YouGov with some awful numbers for the President. The poll was less about the Trump-Biden horse race and more about whether Biden should even be seated in the Oval Office.
The results were stunning, according to Mediate:
The first major network poll following Thursday night’s debate is out, and it contains some devastating data for President Joe Biden.
According to a CBS News/You Gov poll out Sunday — a whopping 72 percent of Americans believe Biden does not have the “mental and cognitive health to serve as president.” That’s a 7 point increase from just three weeks ago. By comparison, voters are essentially split on whether former President Donald Trump has the mental and cognitive health for the job — with 50 percent saying he does, and 49 percent saying he does not.
That number – 72% – includes 46% of Democrats who now say Biden is unfit. Half of his party thinks he should probably give up the White House now rather than soldier on to November. Yikes.
I’d ask how Biden can continue with this headwind, but he’s still technically in the driver’s seat. No one other than Joe Biden himself can release his delegates to someone else.
What about the 25th Amendment to remove him? That would put Vice President Kamala Harris in charge and still ruin the election for Democrats if Biden won’t go quietly.
In a word, Democrats are screwed right now and they did it completely to themselves.
Everyone could see for months and months that Joe Biden in 2024 is not Joe Biden 2020, let alone Joe Biden 2012.
Despite obvious failings, the White House claimed Joe was “sharp as a tack” when it came to meetings and attentiveness. Anyone with eyes has long-suspected and now knows those were all lies. Joe Biden has not been in charge for a long, long time.
On the other hand, despite Democrats now being forced to admit what everyone already knew, they still think Joe should keep running for president because they have no other choice. According to the poll, 55% of Democrats still think he should stay in the race even though they also think he’s unfit to serve. Talk about cognitive dissonance.
If they kick him out, Kamala is the nominee and she’s more of a losing choice than her current boss.
What if they install Gavin Newsom instead? The cries of “white privilege” would be shrill and endless. If the first black Vice President is passed over for a white man, Democrats would go apoplectic even though Newsom is arguably more likable than Kamala.
Again, Democrats have painted themselves into this rat’s maze and there are no good paths forward. They don’t know how to get the cheese.
Stick with Joe and go down in defeat or replace Joe and go down in defeat.
By their defense of Joe Biden’s incompetent presidency, Democrats are about to put Donald Trump back in the White House by a sweeping landslide.
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