Morning Jolt: Biden Meets the Press and Largely Avoids Drooling on Himself

On the menu today: Joe Biden meets the press and hangs around for a while. It was bad by normal ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY July 12 2024 Biden Meets the Press and Largely Avoids Drooling on Himself On the menu today: Joe Biden meets the press and hangs around for a while. It was bad by normal standards, pretty good by Joe Biden standards — but it may be moot, as apparently large numbers of congressional Democrats are ready to publicly call on Biden to end his reelection bid. Meanwhile, an eye-popping report from NBC News indicates that some of the people who are most eager to see Biden leave the presidential race are . . . employed by the Biden campaign. Read on. Biden's Underwhelming Press Conference The lone silver lining to turning in the worst presidential debate performance in U.S. history is that it really lowers the bar for all subsequent appearances. So yes, by any measure, at his press conference Thursday night, Biden was "better than he was in the debate." The bad news for Joe Biden is that "pretty good by Joe Biden standards" is still pretty darn far from a normal "pretty good." There's a lot of space between debate-level ... READ MORE  > ADVERTISEMENT TOP STORIES    The Time When Biden Did Drop Out Philip Klein  > Maybe Biden Isn't Such a Kind-Hearted, Wise Statesman after All Rich Lowry  > The 2024 Midyear Reckoning Armond White  > Government Shouldn't Enlist Private Companies to Do Its Dirty Work Lathan Watts  > No, the AI Industry Is Not Monopolized Jennifer Huddleston  > ADVERTISEMENT NR PODCASTS: FEATURED EPISODE    The Sentencing Day That Wasn't FEATURED PHOTO GALLERY    Today in History: July 12 ADVERTISEMENT 19 West 44th Street, Ste. 1701, New York, NY, 10036 Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.

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