Something I've been thinking for a while, but haven't said.
It's not up to Joe Biden alone to defeat Donald Trump. The responsibility is on all of us. That includes getting the message out.
You are more credible to Uncle Jack who thinks that Trump is THE MAN to push Putin out of Ukraine. 1/
You are more credible to Aunt Kathy who can't vote for Biden because he lost Roe.
I don't have numbers (that doesn't seem to matter in this discussion), but I am sure that more votes are swayed by persistent talking to relatives and friends than by a single debate in June. 2/
That’s what is so infuriating about left-of-center theatre-criticism punditocracy (the ones arguing for Biden to step aside). They seem to have no understanding of how politics works at the individual level, of how people are persuaded. They look down on the landscape, and be extension voters.