Joe Biden's Leaked Bedtime Request

The White House have moved into damage control after US President Joe Biden's leaked bedtime request. 

 

The President held a meeting with over 20 Democratic governors on Wednesday in Washington DC amid fallout from his debate performance. He told the assembly he needed more sleep, wished to work fewer hours, and wanted to avoid events after 8 PM, according to two anonymous meeting participants who told The New York Times. A stark acknowledgement of his performance and limitations. 

 

Biden's comments came after news reports that his lapses have become more frequent and more pronounced over the past few months. Biden told the governors that he saw a doctor after the debate and was given a clean bill of health. The comments contradict White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who told reporters Tuesday that Biden had not had a medical exam since February.

 

Democratic leaders remain anxious about what comes next, especially as new polling shows former President Donald Trump expanding his lead. In fact, a string of rigorous-but-fast-twitch polls show a post-debate slide for Biden – who was already struggling to break out from behind Trump. Notably, the New York Times-Siena College survey released Wednesday, showed Trump leading Biden among likely voters, 49 percent to 43 percent, up from a 3-point lead before the debate. 

 

The Wall Street Journal hadn’t polled the race since February, but Trump’s 6-point lead in the post-debate survey was up from a 2-point advantage in the previous poll. And while CNN’s Trump +6 poll was unchanged from the previous survey in April, it underscores that even in the best-case scenario, the debate was a missed opportunity.

 

We cannot obscure a basic reality: Biden was narrowly losing before the debate, and he’s losing by an even greater margin now. 

 

That’s a particularly rough situation for a candidate who has had little success making up ground in the polls – even after pouring nearly $115 million into advertising to date, according to AdImpact.

 

It has been claimed that in a race likely to be determined by the smallest of margins, Biden needed an event that could break through the noise and shake things up. He challenged Trump to debate and helped set its rules of engagement. Tens of millions of Americans tuned in. And the gambit backfired.