5 terrible reasons for Biden to stay in the race

A rebuttal of the bad — but prominent — arguments for the president’s candidacy.

Last Thursday night, President Joe Biden advertised his inability to reliably remember the topics of his own sentences to over 50 million Americans.

The president’s excruciating debate performance triggered an avalanche of op-eds calling for his exit from the race. The New York Times editorial board, Biden’s (admiring) biographers, and a wide range of liberal pundits have all argued that the Democratic Party — and the country as a whole — would be better served by a different nominee, no matter how fraught the process of selecting a Biden replacement might be.

Thus far, Biden has rejected this view. And some Democratic politicians, operatives, and columnists have fed him rationales for soldiering on.