An actually likely conclusion, based in the massive decline in viewership for that debate, is that none of this matters and zombie Biden wins a low-turnout, low-enthusiasm election with just a slightly different EC outcome than last time around.
yeah, i see no way on earth does donald trump receive more votes in 2024 than he did in 2020 so dems just need to give fewer reasons to stay home than trump is.
At the nursing home, everyone would rather deal with boring senile grandad who just kind of trails off a lot or says he remembers when all of this was underwater over angry, racist grandpa who keeps cataloguing every perceived slight he ever received and accuses everyone of stealing from him.
Everyone hates both of these guys and hates this choice but the new Dem coalition/constituency probably has a better chance if a lotta occasional voters stay home because, Jesus, who wouldn't?