“It’s too big a bet to simply hope Americans will overlook or discount Mr. Biden’s age and infirmity that they see with their own eyes,” the Editorial Board piece noted bluntly. Earlier Friday, joining a chorus from the Washington Post and others NYT columnists Thomas L. Friedman and Paul Krugman both pleaded with Biden to drop out. As cable news outlets like CNN and MSNBC picked up the Editorial Board piece, Biden surrogates were out in force. “I don’t walk as easily as I used to,” a defiant Biden told a Raleigh audience today. I know how to get things done.”Whether that includes doing what the Times want done may be another matter altogether.

Source: New York Times June 29, 2024 15:35 UTC