Democrats stared into the abyss after President Joe Biden fumbled away the first debate and within 72 hours had mostly talked themselves into the idea that it wasn’t worth throwing their convention into chaos over one bad night.
But Biden continued making mistakes that convinced even those who wanted to believe that there was a more systemic problem with the president and his campaign.
It’s a family affair
First lady Jill Biden may have come on too strong when she tried to rehab her husband’s debate performance. “Joe, you did such a great job!” she told him at a rally afterward, sounding like the teacher she is by profession. “You answered every question, you knew all the facts!”
But the Vogue cover spread featuring the first lady struck some Democrats as ill-timed. While preplanned, with the only reference to the debate inserted into an editor’s note, it…
