As an outside observer, and a Biden admirer, I watched the debate live on youtube with horror. My immediate thoughts were "yea, it's Newsom vs Trump now".
But days passed, and something unbelievable happened. Biden became the center of headlines. Biden's press conference yesterday was watched by more than 26 million people. Beating the Oscars! Drowning out Trump!!! That guy's whole deal is to be the center of media attention. Where is he now actually? As Trump also figured, all coverage is beneficial.
The constant flow of negative lies and forced narratives on inflation, border, "woke", crime etc suddenly just vanished for a while. Now the narrative broadly is "yea he was good... But now so old". Fine job with economy, but... he old. Sure he understands US foreign policy better than any other... but he old. Everything is getting better... But.. he old.
With all the lies against him drowning, and all negative coverage focused on age, this could turn into a Biden landslide. None of those Democrats criticizing him for age will vote Trump. They will fall in line. The only fear they really claim to have is that "others" are less likely to vote Biden. And the funny thing is that most of those "others" mostly have the same fear. The crucial fence-sitting voters are increasingly coming around to the same "yea good job but... so old" narrative. A lot of media is focusing on the "so old" part of it. But going by history, when the push comes to shove, voters tend to focus on the "yea good job" part.