There are three ways last night’s debate could have gone worse for President Biden:
He could have suffered a debilitating stroke mid-debate.
A rogue meteor could have struck the earth, destroying the studio and with it all human life.
I lied. I could only think of two ways it could have gone worse for Biden, and I’m honestly not sure the first one didn’t happen.
I was anxious in the lead-up to the debate, but I assured myself that Biden had a lot of experience in the field, and that Donald Trump would self-destruct as he always does.
And then Biden emerged onto the stage. And in that moment, I knew this was going to be a really bad night. He seemed to have aged twenty years since 2020.
As usual, I’m seeing a lot of “working the refs” this morning, with Biden supporters (many of them now former Biden supporters) blaming CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash for…
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