I wish I could've posted the whole thing but Atlantic required an excerpt. If people are at the paywall limit, I was able to read it all in a private browsing window.
They know the polling is shifting, might not have been true to begin with, and they're really getting nervous.
Funny thing is, one absurd argument the writer makes is that we need to vote for Biden because he's leading in the polling!
Hillary was the “clear favorite” all summer long in 2016 and was 14 points up in a Time Magazine poll on October 26th. Dukakis was way ahead of Bush Sr. Then there was Dewey/Truman and Carter/Reagan.
And on and on. Biden the clear favorite. LOL.