Senate Democrats shoot down Biden naysayers in party

Senate Democrats are pushing back hard on criticism from within their own party that President Biden’s poll numbers are so weak that the party should replace him atop the ticket, dismissing concerns about Biden’s electability as totally counterproductive.  

Some of the sharpest criticism of Biden’s electability has come from former President Obama’s senior political adviser David Axelrod, who is warning that Biden has no better than a 50-50 chance of winning reelection. 

Senate Democrats, whose majority is entwined with Biden’s fate in the next election, are making it clear they don’t appreciate Axelrod...