Joe Biden has maybe a week to save his political life. He might have even less.
That’s high stakes and a short timeline for an 81-year-old one-term president and a two-term vice president who also spent 36 years in the U.S. Senate.
But Biden put himself in this precarious position with his befuddled debate performance last week. We must know – and soon – where he goes next.
This we already know – one decent week on the campaign trail will not magically reset Biden’s campaign clock to before the presidential debate.
Consider this a period of rolling political probation, fraught with potential failure as Biden attempts to assure his supporters and undecided voters that he has the physical capacity and mental acuity to remain in the race. If he lasts a week, we’ll see if he can keep up that kind of pace for another week.
Biden World seem acutely attuned to the danger, making sure to stock up Biden’s public schedule in the next week with more events.
