I do not think they are panicking.
I think this is all going to plan.
There is no way in Hades that Biden's handlers would have allowed him to do that debate if they wanted to continue to hide his condition to the public. They would have just said "We are not going to lower ourselves to debate with a convicted felon." The kangaroo trial gave them that talking point.
I believe the handlers wanted Biden out because there is a real chance he is going to have a fatal heart attack or brain aneurysm any day now. That would catch them unawares.
They need time to get the public used to Kamala in charge.
And when his handlers told Joe he needed to withdraw from the race, his dementia brain went into angry old man mode. And Jill won't allow him to drop out.
So the decision was made to let him debate in order to force him out.
Now the public has 4 months to get used to Kamala at the head of the ticket and all the fake polls that will show her beating Trump along with all the glowing press coverage.
Unlike Republicans, Democrats ALWAYS have a plan. They never rest.
Biden has made us the laughing stock of the world.
KAMALA will only be worse.
CAN you see her maintaining her composure with MUSLIMS????