brianlux said:

Glorified KC said:

brianlux said:

Glorified KC said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

It’s called cocaine.

Jon Stewart did make the point Thursday night that if neither (Biden or Trump) were on performance enhancing drugs that they better start using them.

A much needed bit of comic relief in an otherwise extremely depressing time to be alive.

I couldn't watch the debate. I just watched the Daily Show's coverage after it was over.

Smart move!

Even a good freind, who is super big on following politics and who got together with friends to watch the debate, they chose to turn it off half way through to console each other.

There has never been a worse time (that I know of) in U.S. politics.  With all that's going on- the presidential snail race, the SCOTUS being MAGA packed, idiots like Marjorie Taylor Greens actually being in a position as a lawmaker, the overturn of Roe/Wade, states making aspects of religion mandatory in public schools, on and on and on.  

And that's just politics.  Throw in the threat of AI (and if anyone does not think AI is a threat, I challenge you to ask AI how it would overthrow and wipe out humanity- I've seen the results someone published, it will make you sick).  Throw in climate change.

On a personal level, throw in being at the leading edge of a possible record breaking heat wave here in Northern California, and my record and book business dropping like a stone.

All I can do is either laugh or scream...

...but that hurts my throat.  Better to...

tbergs said:

First sitting rep. calls for Biden to step aside...

gimmesometruth27 said:

tbergs said:

And now reports that Hunter is sitting in on meetings. WTF?! If true, what a disaster. Get him away from the WH.

agreed.

but don jr being in meetings is just as bad.

gimmesometruth27 said:

tbergs said:

First sitting rep. calls for Biden to step aside...

you mean the one from texas?

yeah texas representatives are usually on the incorrect side of everything. dem or not. let me know when a bigtime blue state senator calls for it.

gimmesometruth27 said:

The Juggler said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

tbergs said:

First sitting rep. calls for Biden to step aside...

you mean the one from texas?

yeah texas representatives are usually on the incorrect side of everything. dem or not. let me know when a bigtime blue state senator calls for it.

Getting closer each day
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/baldwin-wont-campaign-with-biden-in-wisconsin-as-vulnerable-dems-back-away-from-president/

she is doing so at her own peril. let's see how it works out for her in november.

The Juggler said:

Seems like things are moving towards him bowing out

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-told-ally-weighing-whether-151745457.html

Biden Told Ally That He Is Weighing Whether to Continue in the Race

Katie Rogers

Wed, July 3, 2024 at 11:17 AM EDT·2 min read

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President Joe Biden arrives on Marine One at East Hampton Airport, in East Hampton, N.Y., on Saturday, June 29, 2024. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

President Joe Biden has told a key ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after a disastrous debate performance last week.

The president, who the ally emphasized is still deeply in the fight for reelection, understands that his next few appearances heading into the holiday weekend — including an interview scheduled for Friday with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News and campaign stops in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — must go well.

“He knows if he has two more events like that, we’re in a different place” by the end of the weekend, said the ally, referring to Biden’s halting and unfocused performance in the debate. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive situation.

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After the article published, Andrew Bates, a White House spokesperson, said it was “absolutely false.”

The conversation is the first indication to become public that the president is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta on June 27. Concerns are mounting about his viability as a candidate and whether he could serve as president for another four years.

A top adviser to Biden, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the situation, said the president was “well aware of the political challenge he faces.”

White House officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Campaign officials were nervously watching polls, recognizing that bad numbers could fuel the crisis. A CBS News poll on Wednesday showed former President Donald Trump edging ahead of Biden since the debate with 50% to 48% nationally and 51% to 48% in battleground states.

Biden is slowly reaching out to Democratic elected officials and has a meeting with Democratic governors at the White House scheduled for Wednesday evening. He is also continuing to reach out to people he has long trusted and has told at least one person that he is open to the possibility that his plans to move on from his debate performance — and flip the focus back to his challenger, Trump — may not work.

Several allies of Biden, who has huddled with the family and advisers since the debate, have underscored that the president is still in the fight of his political life and largely sees this moment as a chance to come back from being counted out, as he has done many times throughout his half-century career.

But he is also cleareyed, they said, about his uphill battle to convince voters, donors and the political class that his debate performance was an anomaly.

c.2024 The New York Times Company

mrussel1 said:

Gern Blansten said:

The Juggler said:

Seems like things are moving towards him bowing out

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-told-ally-weighing-whether-151745457.html

Biden Told Ally That He Is Weighing Whether to Continue in the Race

Katie Rogers

Wed, July 3, 2024 at 11:17 AM EDT·2 min read

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President Joe Biden arrives on Marine One at East Hampton Airport, in East Hampton, N.Y., on Saturday, June 29, 2024. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

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President Joe Biden has told a key ally that he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he cannot convince the public in the coming days that he is up for the job after a disastrous debate performance last week.

The president, who the ally emphasized is still deeply in the fight for reelection, understands that his next few appearances heading into the holiday weekend — including an interview scheduled for Friday with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News and campaign stops in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — must go well.

“He knows if he has two more events like that, we’re in a different place” by the end of the weekend, said the ally, referring to Biden’s halting and unfocused performance in the debate. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive situation.

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After the article published, Andrew Bates, a White House spokesperson, said it was “absolutely false.”

The conversation is the first indication to become public that the president is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta on June 27. Concerns are mounting about his viability as a candidate and whether he could serve as president for another four years.

A top adviser to Biden, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the situation, said the president was “well aware of the political challenge he faces.”

White House officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Campaign officials were nervously watching polls, recognizing that bad numbers could fuel the crisis. A CBS News poll on Wednesday showed former President Donald Trump edging ahead of Biden since the debate with 50% to 48% nationally and 51% to 48% in battleground states.

Biden is slowly reaching out to Democratic elected officials and has a meeting with Democratic governors at the White House scheduled for Wednesday evening. He is also continuing to reach out to people he has long trusted and has told at least one person that he is open to the possibility that his plans to move on from his debate performance — and flip the focus back to his challenger, Trump — may not work.

Several allies of Biden, who has huddled with the family and advisers since the debate, have underscored that the president is still in the fight of his political life and largely sees this moment as a chance to come back from being counted out, as he has done many times throughout his half-century career.

But he is also cleareyed, they said, about his uphill battle to convince voters, donors and the political class that his debate performance was an anomaly.

c.2024 The New York Times Company

Joe will do the right thing. He's a great American.

I think so too.  He has done his duty, 50 years of it.  It's time to hand it over to the next generation of leaders in the D party.