The latest Friday edition of Washington Week with The Atlantic, airing on taxpayer-funded PBS, passed around anecdotes of the various levels of panic from Democratic politicians and strategists, after President Biden’s disastrous debate performance. But one exchange in particular, between host and Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg and Atlantic writer Mark Leibovich, was striking:
Host Jeffrey Goldberg: So, Mark, let me begin with you. You’ve been saying for a couple of years, in fact, that Biden’s age is going to be a huge problem for the Democrats. Here`s what you wrote two years ago. Two years ago, by the way, not yesterday:
“Biden is by no means the more eloquent character he was in his younger days. It can be painful to watch him give prepared speeches. His tone can be tentative and certain sentences can become hopscotching journeys. His…
