President Biden insisted Friday that he won’t drop out of the 2024 race unless “the Lord Almighty” tells him; get ready for a lot of Democrats to start publicly praying.
Not so much to God, though, as to Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama and anyone else with a shot at getting through to Joe, who right now seems to be listening only to Hunter and Dr. Jill.
The party’s downballot candidates are freaking out, rightly fearing that having a manifestly unfit-for-office guy at the top of the ticket will not only hand Donald Trump the White House, but also elect a Republican House and Senate.
Obama’s top electioneer, David Axelrod, is already telling the party’s donors to close their purses to any candidate who won’t call for Biden to drop; fat cats like Abigail Disney are on board.
Sticking with Biden will kill the party’s turnout in swing states and districts; and outright Democratic civil war to oust him at the convention won’t help, either.
And every day the conversation turns on Biden’s condition is a day that Dems lose.