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Saturday, February 10, 2024

Will Biden Step Down?

The Question Is Not If Biden Should Step Aside. It’s How.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/opinion/joe-biden-convention-2024.html
The impression the president gives in public is not senility so much as extreme frailty, like a lightbulb that still burns so long as you keep it on a dimmer. But to strain the simile a bit, the entire issue in a re-election campaign is not whether your filaments shed light; it’s whether voters should take this one opportunity to change out the bulb. Every flicker is evidence that a change is necessary, and if you force Biden into a normal campaign-season role, frequent flickering (if not a burning-out) is what you’re going to get. 

Democrats need to face the unavoidable truth about Biden
https://www.ft.com/content/fc9f8b4c-52de-4834-83b9-7efb146ec7be
 
The hologram president
https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/02/joe-biden-memory-hologram-president
An ageing Joe Biden is the perfect emblem of American decline.