What is noteworthy is not so much Biden’s near-stumble–it’s not hard to catch your foot going down a flight of stairs, and he didn’t fall down–or apparent lack of spatial and social awareness. What is noteworthy is that everyone is on the lookout for signs of mental and physical decline. The idea that Biden is too old and too mentally and physically degraded to be president has taken hold. Poll data suggest that most people think Biden is not up to the job of being president, and of course they are right. With Americans’ eyes on Biden, every stumble is magnified.
Biden can’t overcome this fatal perception. He can’t get younger, smarter, or more physically vigorous. Voters’ conviction of his inadequacy will only grow. Hence the Democrats’ desperation: they can hardly trot Biden out again in 2024; in fact, they can’t count on him to last that long. But they don’t have anyone else.
[That’s why they and their allies in the Protection Racket Media are doing everything they can to push Trump back into the GOP nomination. Trump may be the only Republican who could lose to Biden. — Ed]
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