Morning Jolt: Biden Is Sputtering Out

TODAY'S JOLT IS SPONSORED BY

WITH JIM GERAGHTY

July 01 2024

On the menu today: If you're not a fan of Joe Biden and the Democrats, the past three days or so have been one of the most delicious stretches of Biden’s presidency. He's been exposed as a doddering old man for all the world to see, a man who belongs in a retirement home, not the Oval Office. And yet we're also witnessing something else that’s remarkable: a split between media Democrats and elected Democrats on the best path forward. The situation is best illuminated by a metaphor of Joe Biden as an old plane. Read on.

Biden

Think of Joe Biden as an old plane.

In the spring of 2020, Democrats could see the wear and tear on the old prop aircraft. But they chose to get into it anyway. And through three and a half years, through lots of turbulence and ominous rattles in the engine and sputtering noises, the plane was flying just well enough for Democrats to convince themselves that the old bird could still get over that ridge of alpines up ahead labeled "Trump ...

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