That scenario, which was unthinkable a week ago, remains unlikely only because President Biden stubbornly refuses to step down, but it has become much more possible after Democrat politicians, party donors, and the liberal news media turned on Biden after his disastrous presidential debate with Donald Trump.
“This was a game-changing debate,” CNN’s John King told fellow panelists, “in the sense that right now, as we speak, there is a deep, a wide and a very aggressive panic in the Democratic Party.”
That “aggressive panic” is likely the reason for a leaked internal poll that shows Biden getting crushed by Trump even in swing states, and why Democrat governors gathered for a post-debate conference call to express their concerns about Biden’s future.
Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, arranged for that conference call, CNN reported.
With the political knives out for Biden, the liberal news media is now publishing stories about Vice President Kamala Harris becoming commander in chief, such as a CNN story that points out she polls better against Trump than Biden.
Drudge Report, the popular news aggregate website, has linked to more than two dozen news stories since the debate that bash Biden, describe the internal political fight, and prop up Harris as his replacement.
Reuters, the foreign wire service, published a story Wednesday suggesting Harris is the “top alternative” to replace Biden if he steps down. The story quotes seven “senior sources” in the Biden campaign, the White House, and the Democratic National Committee.
Harris has the highest name recognition and the best polling numbers among other possible names, the story said.
This week, in a Tuesday story, The Washington Post reported Barack Obama was growing concerned over Biden’s chances to defeat Trump. That not-so-subtle message in the liberal newspaper came after the former president had called Biden’s debate performance a “bad night” but predicted he could still win.
In a story Wednesday, The New York Times reported President Biden is seriously considering whether he can continue on as the Democrat presidential nominee. He reportedly told an unnamed "key ally" he realizes his re-election chances are bad if he cannot voters he is healthy enough to continue a second term.
Biden blames ‘jet lag’ from 12 days earlier
In a speech to donors Tuesday, Biden blamed his debate performance on jet lag because he “decided to travel around the world” before going to Atlanta to debate Trump. However, if Biden suffered jet lag from his overseas trips, he had returned to the U.S. 12 days before the debate. He then spent six full days preparing for the debate at Camp David before leaving for Atlanta.
(Biden’s preparation for the debate, such as starting work at 11 a.m. and daily naps, was leaked by campaign staffers because they were blamed for his performance.)
Biden’s excuse about jet lag, which came five days after the debate, was the second excuse that blamed other factors other than his age and possible dementia. An unnamed White House staffer blamed Biden’s debate performance on a cold, an excuse that only came after the terrible debate.
In a critical midday call Wednesday with White House staff, Biden said he is running for re-election, according to an NBC News story.
“No one is pushing me out," Biden vowed. "I’m not leaving. I’m in this race to the end and we’re going to win.”
Despite his defiant tone Wednesday, it is true Biden could be gone by the weekend, AFR host Jenna Ellis tells AFN.
What could decide Biden’s political future, she says, is a scheduled interview with ABC News that will be released Friday. That interview, with George Stephanopoulos, will be taped and edited, and therefore it will not be live.
The former Clinton staffer, working with the newsroom at ABC News, could save Biden’s political career or end it.
“I think it is likely imminent,” Ellis says of Biden's departure. “Whether it is this Sunday or shortly, I do think he will be replaced before the convention."
