Maybe it’s the other way around? Having vaulted Joe Biden into the presidency and then covered up his cognitive decline ever since, Democrats may be laboring under the impression that Biden knows he owes them something. But perhaps the Bidens believe that Democrats and the country owe him another term in office regardless of any incapacity he has to execute its duties.
That certainly explains the Twelve Days of Bidenmas after the debate that Biden himself demanded, no?
Still, Aaron Blake makes a good point at the Washington Post this afternoon. Democrats tried suggesting retirement sotto voce for a while after the debate. Today, however, Biden’s putative allies started dispensing with the subtlety, to the point where the word ‘hint’ no longer really applies:
This is not even the first time that Pelosi has leaned in on the idea that perhaps Biden should reconsider his plans. But it is…
