Howard Kurtz: Democrats start blame game for Biden’s poor debate performance

Howard Kurtz: Democrats start blame game for Biden’s poor debate performance


It was a bad night. You can’t judge a presidency based on 90 minutes. It’s the inner circle’s fault. Preparing for the debate

The media is to blame for focusing so much on the age issue. It’s CNN’s moderators who failed to suppress Donald Trump’s lies. of the Democratic Party Convicted for being a group of bed-wetters.

The blame-shifting has intensified as President Biden and his campaign seek to minimize the damage from his disastrous debate performance and silence the criticism that seems destined for him Lose the election.

The problem with all the finger-pointing is that 50 million people watched the president struggle to deliver any kind of coherent message or challenge Trump’s attacks, at times losing his ideology altogether.

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Biden CNN Debate

President Biden will participate in the CNN Presidential Debate on June 27 at the CNN Studios in Atlanta. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

No one needed a bunch of pundits to analyze what could be seen with their own eyes — a sitting president in a White House with vacant eyes and a gaping mouth.

It is now true that the liberal media establishment has declared that Biden should step aside in favor of a younger candidate. This includes the editorial boards of the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as well as prominent names such as Tom Friedman, Paul Krugman, David Ignatius, Nick Kristof and David Remnick.

As far as impact goes, a CBS poll after the debate found that those who don’t believe Biden won mental health The number of candidates to serve another term increased from 65% to 72%.

But Biden campaign chairwoman Jen O’Malley Dillon issued a memo saying: “If we see a shift in polling in the coming weeks, it would not be the first time that exaggerated media stories have led to a temporary drop in polling.”

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Sorry, this was the debate Biden wanted, and it was held under the rules he demanded, without interruption. With the Democratic Party in a state of panic and talk of picking someone else at the convention, this will surely be covered as a big story.

Trump got help yesterday too Supreme Courtwhich ruled he has full immunity for official actions – such as dealing with the Justice Department – while sending parts of the January 6 indictment back to the trial court, meaning more litigation. Trump called it a “great victory for our Constitution.”

The “one bad night” defense is not a good one. While Barack Obama said he also had a bad night (against Mitt Romney in 2012), he was 51 years old. No one was questioning his stamina or mental acuity. That’s very different from a faltering 81-year-old seeking another term.

At a Biden family gathering at Camp David on Sunday, the discussion centered not on whether the president would step down but on how to get through this crisis. According to the Times report. And Jill Biden, who in my view is facing a lot of unfair attacks, is supporting her husband. The couple has always supported each other’s decisions, so it’s not realistic to expect them to ask the president to step down.

Biden walks to board Air Force One

After President Biden’s poor performance in the debate last week, the Democratic Party is attempting to salvage its reputation by placing the blame on anyone but Biden. (Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images)

The media is facing a lot of criticism for allegedly hiding this incident. Biden’s growing weaknesses, But they have collectively been taking issue with the president’s age for a long time. With a few exceptions, most reporters don’t have access to Biden. They’ve seen what everyone else has seen on air, the president appearing to mumble and stumble constantly, and it’s now clear why his top advisers are so determined to protect him from the press — even from a softball Super Bowl interview.

Even more surprising is the fact that Axios reports That being said, most White House officials and even residence staff, including the butler, were barred from Biden’s appearance so they couldn’t see his true state. Think about it. They, led by top aide Jill Biden, kept the president bubble-wrapped and isolated from most of the people who work for him on taxpayer money. So they were shocked by his debate performance.

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The reason Democrats are in such a frenzied mood now is their absolute belief that if Trump wins he will end democracy as we know it and rule as a dictator. To date, liberals have failed to understand Trump’s appeal and why, even as a convicted felon, he is leading the race.

But if their fears are justified, how can they risk returning Trump to the Oval Office when he is 80 years old and suffered such a humiliating defeat on debate night? Democrats often accuse Trump of thinking only about himself, but isn’t he selfish?

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Former President Trump participates in the first presidential debate at the CNN studios on June 27 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

It’s probably too late now, but those who suggested that maybe Joe shouldn’t run — former Obama-Biden official David Axelrod said last November that he should consider dropping out — were dealt a massive blow. The White House leaked the news that Biden had called Axelrod a “prick.”

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I’ve covered Joe Biden since the 1980s, when he enjoyed talking to reporters at length, and I profiled him in 1987 when he launched his first White House campaign, which ended in a plagiarism scandal. He also dropped out in 2008 but was nominated as Obama’s running mate, and the press declared him a loser in 2020 when he finished fourth in Iowa and fifth in New Hampshire — before a big win in South Carolina put him on the path to the nomination.

Biden has spent his adult life trying to become president. Flying on Air Force One is addictive. He still thinks he’s the only Democrat who We can beat Trump.

He is not leaving the White House, even if most in his party think so.


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