Undecided voter focus group leans toward Trump after debate

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All undecided voters in a U.S. swing states focus group hosted by pollster Frank Luntz said President Biden should be replaced as the Democratic nominee after watching his first presidential debate against former President Trump.

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Man I've never seen media like this. I've watched:

  • 2 different NYT podcasts
  • Jon Stewart's comments
  • Kari Couric's discussion.
  • NPR's post-debate
  • Washington Week's round-table, led by The Atlantic editor-in-chief
  • Pod Save America (former Obama/Biden staffers)
  • Silver's analysis.

... And the sentiment behind Biden stepping down is vast. Talk behind closed-doors is that US House Democrats are extremely worried about their races given downballot effect.

I think it must be done or I'd absolutely bet on Trump winning in November, sadly.

And sadly, the campaign response to this sentiment is not inspiring a lot of faith in their judgment. This after the NYT Editorial Board called on him to step aside:

“The last time Joe Biden lost the New York Times editorial board’s endorsement it turned out pretty well for him,” Biden campaign co-chair Cedric L. Richmond said in a statement.

Does he think that "LOL! Fuck you!" is the correct response here? The chorus of people in every corner of the country calling for him to step aside is deafening, and all he can muster is a Trump-style clapback?

Furthermore, at this point I'm having a hard time envisioning a scenario where asking the incumbent to drop out would be more justified. Like, how bad would it actually have to get for the party to admit, "hey guys, this isn't fixable, time for Plan B"? Incumbency advantage is huge, but it's certainly not all-powerful.

Yeah agrees that is pure hubris and completely unfounded confidence, downplaying what is at stake in this election. We're fucked.

I'm usually wrong about important things, so I'm going to stick with it'll never happen lol