First a cold, then bad prep, and now jet lag. Biden‘s campaign has put forth a series of reasons trying to explain his bad debate performance. This comes as pressure has grown for Biden to step aside and make way for a replacement. President Joe Biden has offered a new explanation for his disastrous debate […]
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll confirms what most viewers sensed after last Thursday’s presidential debate: that it was a disastrous night for the 81-year-old President Biden, who looked unsteady, sounded sick, stumbled over his words and, at one point, lost his train of thought entirely. A full 60% of Americans, for instance, now say Biden […]
President Biden’s halting performance during last week’s presidential debate against former President Donald Trump stoked panic among Democrats, who sought to do damage control while privately discussing his viability as a candidate — and whether he should drop out of the race. Political observers were more unequivocal, with many prominent publications declaring that it was […]
When Joe Biden became engulfed in a plagiarism scandal during his first US presidential campaign in 1987, his adviser and friend Ted Kaufman was blunt: “There’s only one way to stop the sharks, and that’s pull out,” he said. When Biden was contemplating another run for the White House in 2015, it fell to another […]
WASHINGTON — Four days after his disastrous debate performance, President Joe Biden still hadn’t personally called top Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill to shore up support, five sources told NBC News, though White House chief of staff Jeff Zients was making calls. Biden’s team has been working to quash questions swirling in the party about […]
Biden is facing the biggest challenge of his career as he aims to remain the Democratic nominee. The president’s family encouraged him to continue his campaign, The New York Times reported. So far, he’s leaning on his family and his political appeal among party blocs to forge ahead. Democrats are still trying to pick up […]
The Supreme Court’s decision Monday in Donald Trump’s immunity case is a 119-page distillation of everything that is wrong with our politics. History will judge harshly the decision that creates an imaginary “absolute immunity” for a president’s official acts. The Republican majority opinion in the Trump immunity case is a disaster of anti-constitutional thinking that […]
US president Joe Biden’s train-wreck debate with Republican opponent Donald Trump followed a series of decisions by his most senior advisers that critics now point to as wrong-headed, interviews with Democratic allies, donors and former and current aides show. Mr Trump, 78, repeated a series of well-worn, glaring falsehoods during the 90-minute debate on Thursday, […]
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Nandita Bose, Jarrett Renshaw and Steve Holland (Reuters) – President Joe Biden‘s train-wreck debate with Republican opponent Donald Trump followed a series of decisions by his most senior advisers that critics now point to as wrong-headed, interviews with Democratic allies, donors and former and current aides show. Trump, 78, repeated a series […]
Rishi Sunak has said he is “proud” of his disastrous election campaign – and claimed he would win Thursday’s general election. The prime minister has come under fire in recent weeks for a series of calamities that included a rain-soaked announcement of polling day, leaving D-Day commemorations early and a gambling scandal. But in a […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to discuss the future of his re-election campaign with family at Camp David on Sunday, following a nationally televised debate Thursday that left many fellow Democrats worried about his ability to beat former President Donald Trump in November, according to five people familiar with the matter. Biden’s trip […]
Many tech figures were less than impressed with Joe Biden after his debate with Trump. Venture capitalists queried Biden’s fitness for office, while joking the country was in danger. Other responses ranged from sharp criticism to mockery and despair. Several Silicon Valley figures have offered their thoughts on President Joe Biden’s performance in Thursday’s presidential […]