" We finally... ahh...beat.. Medicare."
There is infighting that is worthy of a soap opera. On one side, you have the Biden wing, which is willing to go down with the ship, and the other, which is demanding a replacement now. Jill Biden doesn't want to give up her first lady status, insisting that Biden continue his campaign, clearly elderly abuse. The DNC is considering Whitmer or Newsom. In any case, rank-and-file Democrats will have no input. But, alas, there are no replacements who can win. Meanwhile, Kamala is furious that no one is considering her as a potential replacement.
So, for the time being, Biden refuses to go away. The mainstream media will fire the last shot before the convention. And it looks like they are loading up. The DNC may be planning this because nothing will stop Democrats from retaining power, not even Biden.
The Republicans are also stuck. They would love to produce a 25th Amendment push out the door, but then what? Kamala Harris is then president? She's less popular than Biden. No one wants to be seen kicking a black woman to the curb, especially in a time when feelings are more important than competence. Obama became president because too many people didn't want to vote against a black man, never mind all the mystery surrounding him.
The debate was a fiasco for the Democrats. From the very beginning, Biden looked weak, frail, and confused. His entrance was that of an old, senile man. He looked and sounded flustered from the beginning. He couldn't maintain focus, often waiting for appropriate words that, in many cases, never arrived. So he would blurt out something out of nowhere like " we finally... ahh...beat.. Medicare."