There can be no doubt, especially after his disastrous debate performance, that Joe Biden was headed for a catastrophic loss in November had he remained in the race. He’s clearly not capable; his decline has been apparent for years, and it’s accelerating. His withdrawal from the campaign was probably inevitable.
But what happened after that was not. Granted, Kamala Harris, the Queen of Word Salads, was his understudy (and life insurance), but the Democratic Party’s anointing her as the Chosen One was poorly done; they would have done better to declare an open convention and at least maintained the pretense of letting the voters have a say. But that’s not what happened. Joe Biden was rudely forced out, Kamala was anointed, and that’s that.
Now, a growing chorus of Democratic insiders are noting that befuddled old Joe and whoever is pulling his strings (Frau Doktor Professor Jill Biden) is inclined to be peevish about the whole thing, and they may well be deliberately throwing a series of spike strips in the road in front of the Harris/Walz campaign bus.
Et Tu, Biden?
President Biden is so bitter about being forced to drop his re-election bid by top members of his own party that he’s deliberately sabotaging Kamala Harris’ campaign, according to a growing chorus of political pundits.
Since being pressured out of the race in July over fears about declining cognitive abilities, Biden has done little for Harris beyond endorsing her, and has largely been a no-show at his vice president’s campaign events.
Honestly, being a no-show at Kamala Harris’s campaign events is the one thing old Joe Biden has done that is helping the Harris/Walz ticket. Nothing they are doing seems to be moving the numbers in their direction. But the Bidens do seem to be trodding on Harris’ toes, and it’s really looking deliberate.