It's Up to Joe

            I would not want to be in Joe Biden’s shoes right now. Since his poor showing in last week’s debate, many members of the Democratic party are calling for him to step down and let someone else run to defeat Trump. And yet, President Biden is convinced his poor showing last week was an irregular event, that he is up to the contest and has more work to do in office. He’s also convinced he is the one to defeat Trump, as he did in the last election.
                     Apparently, if Joe Biden doesn’t want to step aside, so be it.
            Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff said earlier today that President Biden “should take a moment to make the best-informed judgment” about the future of his presidential campaign. Schiff, who is running for the US Senate in California, stressed the importance for Democrats of beating former President Donald Trump in November. “This is an existential race,” Schiff said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Joe Biden is running against a criminal,” Schiff said. “It should not be even close, and there’s only one reason it is close, and that’s the president’s age.”
            Schiff advised Biden to “take a moment to make the best-informed judgment” about remaining in the presidential race. “If the judgment is run, then run hard and beat that SOB,” Schiff said.
            Asked whether Vice President Kamala Harris would make a better candidate than Biden, Schiff said Harris would make a “phenomenal president,” adding, “I think she has the experience, the judgment, the leadership ability to be an extraordinary president.” But he reiterated that the decision about staying in the race was up to Biden, saying, “I don’t think it’s good for the party to get into a debate over okay, if not him, then whom?” 
              I've been a Joe Biden fan for some time now. I'm convinced he has the mental acuity to make the right decision.
                 Time will tell.

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