Biden is old and Harris unpopular. What are Democrats to do?

Democrats have seen much of this movie before. They may detect a whiff of sexism in the likeability questions that have plagued presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, and now Harris. But they also watched Clinton lose to former President Donald Trump, and neither Harris nor Warren gain much traction in the 2020 Democratic primaries. Party leaders won’t want to see anything like that happen again.

This has added to the sense of urgency among Democrats about Harris’ political problems, now approaching panic. That impulse is understandable. But do liberals really want to see an ascendant woman of color taken down by political conditions that are ultimately the fault of an old white man?