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Amanda Marcotte

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One question — it came up on Pod Save — is why Biden's team wanted an early debate, if they didn't think he was doing well. Unfortunately, one answer could be, "Because they know he's going downhill and worried he'd be much worse in the fall."

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Mark Squires's avatar Mark Squires @marksquires.bsky.social
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But there's another debate in the fall..

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Kosturdistan's avatar Kosturdistan @smurfburger.bsky.social
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That’s my understanding. Get the bad news out early so people forget

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Amanda Marcotte's avatar Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social
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That would comport with reporting that says the decline has been marked in the past few months. If the frequency of "senior moments" went from occasional a few months ago to what we've been hearing about now, then you'd be right to worry that things would be worse in a few months.

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