Man I love him but he is way off his peak. Contrast with his destruction of Paul Ryan in 2012. But you’re right that it’s not cognitive deterioration. His cognition is fine but it’s harder for him to express himself and it looks bad.
I’d be interested in what an expert or a panel of black voters thought of eg that interview.
Is it doing the job of the campaign? Is the job giving face-time? Showing you are aggressive? Being compelling? Etc? Was it effective in these things?
I’ve never spent much time worrying about the
Even at his peak I didn’t care much for him. He’s just not an inspiring figure. He barely beat Trump last election. He may have brought the country back from the brink, but he is unable to communicate that achievement to voters.