But don't start celebrating just yet because the Democrat tribe has a penchant for survival and it knows how to unite and stay on message publicly when things get tough. And if it looks like the Dems will be able to ride this out ,all the nervous nellies in the media will calm down and climb back aboard the Democrat caravan as if nothing happened.
You can see some of this taking place already as the Dems spin "well Biden just had a bad night (everybody does now and then right?) while Trump flat out lied over and over again." And some media talking heads have already fallen into line with this fractured explanation. Fact is Biden had the worst night of any candidate in modern debate history going all the way back to 1960. And Biden has been lying, plagiarizing and making up fantastical stories his whole life -- most notably the 52 years he's been at the public trough. He's absolutely shameless.
But what are the Democrats to do? The Biden Family still holds the cards and reportedly the family is convening amidst the cloistered confines of Camp David (formerly knows as Shangra-La) to plan its next moves. So the Obamas and the Clintons and everybody from Dem Royalty on down has put out the word: be calm, express support publicly, give Joe and Jill time and space and hope they do the right thing. Forcing them out, you see, may backfire. Let them come to the conclusion (hopefully) on their own. Patience, patience . . .
Theoretically, it sounds reasonable.
But there are dragonflies in the ointment -- most notably DR. Jill Biden herself. DR. Jill has stood by her man too long to be pushed aside now and there's no love lost between the Bidens and the Obamas and the Bidens and the Clintons. In fact, the Bidens are very much a solitary and separate bunch. They don't mingle well; they don't particularly trust others; they keep their own counsel and they're not in the habit of ceding ground -- not even one inch.
Biden & Company have always felt like outsiders. They're a resentful bunch and have been for a long time -- resentful of the haves; of the elites; of the intelligencia, the powerful and the entrenched. The way Joe and Jill see it, they gave up everything and spent decades clawing their way to the top, fighting powerful forces that belittled them, mocked them and dismissed them as mediocre at best. They gave up everything to get where they are and probably feel they've fought tougher battles (and faced longer odds) than this. So, why the hell should they give up now?
Joe Biden doesn't want to be seen as a quitter. His model has always been Franklin D. Roosevelt, not quitters like Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson or losers like Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush.
Biden is an old Irish street fighter -- a Scranton brawler. He still sees himself as a modern day Palooka (aka Rocky) and his manager (his very own Mickey Goldmill) is Joltin' Jill. And DR. Jill's ever ready with a salve or tourniquet for her man.
Yes, America. The Doctor is in. And she doesn't appear to be the least bit ready to close up shop anytime soon.
Stay tuned . . . .
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