A recent poster on this site pointed out something a lot of us should have caught. If Biden were to withdraw and not seek another term wouldn’t he have to withdraw as President? What is he going to say? I am having mental health issues that would not allow me to serve a second term, but I’m good until next January. Trust me? It would not matter if all that were true. The day after he announced his withdrawal the GOP Congress would demand he resign and hold hearings and serve subpoenas on his health. The impeachment hearings that had so far been as much a loser as the first eight hearings on Benghazi would suddenly come alive as if they found he had a private server. They can’t find anyone to support their criminal allegations, but they could sure find doctors to opine on his mental condition while demanding all his medical records dating back to his childhood. They would consume all summer and early fall talking about how we have a President who is incompetent to deflect from Trump and from their lack of dirt on Kamala (until they find some).
Biden has to stay in. If he withdraws it is all about him anyway, because he is still the President. He has to show the debate was a one off. I’m pulling for him. I may not be sure, but I can’t think of a better idea. I just hope he can get the Democratic Party circular firing squad to stand down and get behind him. I may be crazy and this has been the darkest of weeks, but it is not over.