I saw it opined by a pundit that, if Biden can hang on for the next two weeks, the DNC nominating committee will be meeting, and they will be committed to go with the winner off the national primary – none other than Joey B. That cements his candidacy.

Here’s why that matters.
“The DNC Convention is scheduled to begin in Chicago on Aug. 19, but the state of Ohio requires that presidential candidates are formally nominated at least 90 days before Election Day.”
https://news.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-dnc-moves-ahead-virtual-120025562.html

Time is running out for them to change the nominee. We’ll see.

If Joe is the default nominee, I expect the Democrat Party to go all-in to try to salvage the election. Major attack ads, lots of ballot harvesting/creation, protests at the RNC convention, etc., etc.

I think this is why the Democrats suddenly realized this old suit isn’t working and the pressure to change the laundry is increasing. They hope a newer coat of paint will bring back the disaffected Democrats or will slow the rate of departure.

My question is has the disaster of Biden focused on the individual or has it affecting the entire party regardless of who replaces him if that is even possible?

We know the bar they have both been set up to pass. Biden has to not to look old and not have a senior moment. Go!

–“Democrats SHOCKED!! Jon Stewart TURNS on Biden: ‘I’m DONE!
https://youtu.be/cUojjvDVNoA?t=171
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Later Stewart even gave a nod to Trump for making a coherent response.

I’m under no illusion Stewart has any credibility as an equal opportunity, Speaking Truth to Power, comic. However, I can’t deny his comedic powers when skewering his political kin.

But the important thing I notice about Stewart, going back to Occupy Wall Street, is that when he gets around to skewering the left, he’s not only dead-on, he does so because he realizes that the left going to hurt the Democrats.

After Stewart went after Occupy Wall St, a few weeks later the Dem city governments cleaned out all the Occupy Wall St encampments in their cities.

I strongly suspect Stewart is clued into the Joe Must Go movement.

Instapundit linked to a 2000 CRB article by William Voegeli that accurately predicted what a Biden presidency would be like. This lept out at me:

Biden has spent half a century in politics, a field of endeavor that favors a man skilled at getting others to believe what they need to believe in order for them to do what he wants them to do. Those too fastidious for such exertions seldom last long or go far. “In Washington,” George Packer, then with the New Yorker, wrote in 2012, “elected officials considered themselves a higher breed.”

Biden was no exception—loyal to “a small circle of long-serving aides,” in Packer’s words, but “if you just worked your ass off for him for a few years he wouldn’t notice.” One of the unnoticed was Jeff Connaughton, whose mixed feelings about Biden included some admiration but also the belief that the senator was an “egomaniacal autocrat.” In fairness, to be a senator at 30—one of the higher breed, but also younger than many of the staff members who toil as mere courtiers—puts you at great risk for self-adoration.

Politicians tend to be narcissistic, and “egomaniacal autocrat” is something the media says about Trump, but the description is also spot-on when it comes to Biden. What matters in Washington, DC is acceptance by the political Establishment and the media. If they accept a politician, the politicians faults go unnoticed.

Physician for 37 years

Biden in the Stephanopoulos interview was better than the debate. He didn’t freeze and trail off into incoherence or absurdity. I guess they’ve got the dosages figured right for a 30 minute interview. The time in the tanning booth helped too.

Biden did make it clear that no way, no how, will he be tested cognitvely and the results released to the public. He refuses to buy any arguments that he is behind in the polls or that he is anything other than the best shot for beating Medicare. Sorry, Donald Trump.

What I found most interesting was that Stephanopoulos asked the toughest questions a liberal journalist to my knowledge has ever asked Biden. Stephanopoulos practically cross-examined him.

Stephanopoulos does seem to represent the Joe Must Go coalition. I assume the Biden team knew that too. Which makes me wonder why Biden agreed to the interview.

I guess the Biden team realized Biden had to make some major appearance to counteract the disastrous Presidential debate. The JMG folks said, OK, let’s see how you handle Stephanopoulos. It won’t be softballs.

No minds were changed. Perhaps we could call it the first public skirmish between Biden and Joe Must Go.