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He's dropping out. I think they want to figure out how to get around the Kamala problem first, but he cannot serve and the fact that they wanted to have Stephanopoulus do the friendly interview thing and had to admit that even that couldn't go live...

I think what we saw a few days ago wasn't a bad day - it's where Biden is right now and it's likely he'll be in worse shape by election time if he doesn't get a long, needed rest. I feel bad for what they're doing to him. If I make it to 81, I'd like the people around me to let me relax and take care of myself. Maybe take up golf, since I'd apparently start at a 6 handicap, and that would be pretty cool.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Trump obviously is still vigorous, enviable, really, for how he gets around at 77. But... his responses were not presidential. It's not that he lied any more than any politician lies (which is to say if they aren't lying at least six times a minute, that's notable in and of itself). He rambles. He misses slam dunks because he's caught up in some petty point he wants to make from the last question. Kamala might actually be able to hold her own in a debate with him, and that would sink his candidacy. Certainly, a competent candidate would wipe the floor with him.

Lost in the drama of our nation's 248th birthday is that we have a presidential race that's truly horrifying for so many reasons. And a deficit that threatens to destroy our economy while one party seems to be cheering and the other party is "concerned", but incompetent.

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