-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Democrats are reeling in the aftermath of President Joe Biden's debate against former President Donald Trump Thursday, igniting panic among his allies — and sparking conversations about whether he should ultimately remain in the race. His appearance at the first 2024 presidential debate Thursday night, which was moderated by CNN's Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, was billed by his campaign as an opportunity to show American voters that, contrary to concerns about his mental acuity and old age, he's capable of leading the nation in a second term. His performance, however, left viewers and political pundits alike with much to be desired — if not an overwhelming sense of dread — as he debated the presumptive GOP nominee with a hoarse voice, slow cadence and seeming inability to counter many of his counterpart's misrepresentations.
Despite some improvement as the debate dragged on, Biden delivered answers that ran the gamut from over-rehearsed to, at times, unintelligible. Related Death warmed over: Trump vs. Biden is frighteningly predictable "The optics were not good," J.
Wesley Leckrone, a professor of political science and department chair at Widener University, told Salon. "Biden has made a career of portraying himself as a fighter. There wasn’t much fight last night.
"I think even a casual observer could see that his demeanor was substantially different than it was when he debated Trump in 2020," he continued. Over the course of the.