Does Biden Really Need to Drop Out of the White House? A Press Secretary Tells The World That President Biden Is Not Going Anywhere

A bad debate performance has been the focus of attention for more than a week and President Biden is trying to move on.

Biden, the campaign and the White House say that he’s not considering dropping out. “He’s staying in the race. He’s not going anywhere,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters traveling with Biden to Madison on Air Force One.

Biden downplayed doubts about his ability to lead or defeat Trump. I have seen it from the press. I don’t believe that the majority are there. I don’t think that’s my approval rating.

But it’s unclear how widely the interview will resonate among voters. Polls show voters are concerned about Biden’s age and should the debate move the needle, it’s still a question.

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“I think it’s really important to a lot of donors, to a lot of elected officials who you’ve been hearing from in the media,” Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Ga., told NPR.

The message from governors afterward: Biden is the nominee, and Trump is a threat who must be stopped. But they didn’t get into hypotheticals about whether Biden is still the best person to take on Trump.

But Hawaii Gov. Josh Green — who backs Biden and was part of the Wednesday meeting — told All Things Considered’s Ailsa Chang that the president is still weighing his decision.

This is a crucial time for whether Biden can weather the storm. There are Democrats firmly behind Biden certainly. Many are waiting to find out what the polls say, while others are biting their nails.

Yes, a second coming to tell Biden to drop out is unlikely to happen, but Biden did seem to leave the door slightly ajar to exiting if his top congressional allies called for it, namely House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jim Clyburn and Senate leader Chuck Schumer.

Historian Douglas Brinkley once said of former President George W. Bush, “Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership—if you’re right about what you’re stubborn about.”

He wondered, incredulously, if anyone else could handle foreign policy as well as he did, even though he was no longer a factor in it.

Not even, say, his vice president? Stephanopoulos didn’t follow up with that, but it was curious. Sure, anyone running for office should think no one could do the job better, but how close Biden has kept Harris lately – even hoisting her arm in the air at a Fourth of July event as if she had just won a boxing match – and given the questions about his age, it’s worth wondering whether it’s inherent in his answer that he doesn’t have the confidence in Harris to actually do the job or win?

We entered week two after the debate. It usually takes a couple of weeks for public opinion to solidify. Polls this week have shown Biden hurt by the debate – the degree to which is debatable.

If he is where he was before the debate, it will help shore up support. If he slips further behind Trump, there will be more Democrats calling for him to step aside.

One party, the GOP, doesn’t seem to care if two dozen women accuse their nominee of sexual assault, if he paid off a porn star or if he ran a fraudulent foundation.