Eugene Robinson: Last Night, Biden Just Reinforced the Impression that He Is Too Old for Another Term

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ROBINSON: "Yeah, no, Joe Biden had a horrible night, absolutely, at a very, very bad time. As Joe said, it is fortunate for the Democratic Party that this happened in June and not in September or October, because if it had happened in September, October, I believe it would have guaranteed the election of Donald Trump to another term as president and I think that would be disastrous for the country. You know, we have seen incumbent presidents blow the first debate before, but there was a big difference between those earlier examples and last night. In 2012, in Denver, Barack Obama blew the debate against Mitt Romney, and, yes, there was concern, and, yes, there was bed-wetting, but going into that debate, nobody thought Barack Obama was lackadaisical and uninformed. They just thought, yeah, he had a bad night. Going into last night’s debate, a lot of people, rightly or wrongly, thought Joe Biden was too old and feeble to have another four-year term as president. And he came out last night and he didn’t dispel that impression, as I expected him to, but he reinforced it. That is a real problem. That is a real problem.”