Video: Biden Makes His Pitch to Survive As Nominee

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Well, he didn't fall asleep or pitch over during the interview with George Stephanopoulos, so in that sense, this is an improvement for Joe Biden. On the other hand, Biden continued having trouble finishing thoughts, dreamed up a non-existent primary challenge from Mark Warner, and claimed he'd "shut Putin down" while Ukraine approaches its 30th month of a Russian invasion.

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Now the big question is: will the "Lord Almighty come down and say 'Joe, get out of the race'"? 

I must admit that I didn't watch this live, but I did watch some of the clips released by ABC News and clipped by RNC Research. Biden seemed at least more engaged than he did on Thursday night, but to call that a low bar is to engage in almost in absurdist understatement. In the clips I did see, Biden sounded tired, had trouble with responses, and made a number of clearly false statements. The weirdest may have been Biden attempting to justify remaining in the race because of the size of the crowds attending his events. 

Has he ever seen a Trump rally?

Anyway. I'll watch this in full later, but I'm not the target audience. It's safe to say he didn't exactly woo the people he really needed to convince with this interview. 

My prediction: Warner will follow through with his plan to rally Senate Democrats to push Biden to withdraw, maybe even by Monday if the Sunday talking heads get really brutal. But I'd also bet Biden won't do it. He'll claim he emphatically righted the ship in this interview, and Jill Biden will keep feeding him that line as often as it takes. 

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Addendum: I'll toss in a few of the observations I made on Twitter:




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