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48 Hours to Fix a 90-Minute Mess: Inside the Biden Camp’s Post-Debate Frenzy
New York Times ^ | June 30, 2024 | Lisa Lerer

Posted on 06/30/2024 9:15:45 AM PDT by conservative98

Selling a ‘comeback kid’

Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey, who hosted a private fund-raising dinner for the president at his home on Saturday evening, was among those receiving a call from a senior White House official.

“It was acknowledging that they had a tough night and also acknowledging that we’ve got to remember that this has been a heck of a run the past four years, and we’ve got to keep it going,” he said in an interview, adding, “They have to hit the gas pedal hard.”

At his event, which raised $3.7 million for the campaign, Mr. Murphy introduced the president as “America’s comeback kid.”

As some Democrats dreamed up ways to draft another candidate on private text chains and in quiet conversations, top Biden officials told nearly everyone that there was no viable alternative and Democrats needed to stay focused on the threat posed by Mr. Trump.

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“Donors are very concerned,” Mr. Meeks said. “I had a number of them come and said that they were panicked, to be quite honest with you, that we had to do something, we had to do something now. And others who came up to me and said it would be a mess to do something now.”

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One of Mr. Biden’s top advisers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preserve relationships, said the idea that a younger candidate could replace Mr. Biden and still beat Mr. Trump in November was akin to a “D.C. parlor fantasy.” The adviser compared that hope to the speculation that Nikki Haley or other Republicans could have knocked Mr. Trump off the G.O.P. ticket.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: biden; newjersey; philmurphy; trump
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To: conservative98

article is behind a paywall, and I refuse to give one cent to the NYT. Eff ‘em!


21 posted on 06/30/2024 9:41:07 AM PDT by rod5591
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To: conservative98

WILL WE EVER KNOW THE COCKTAIL OF DRUGS BEING USED ON BIDEN???

HIS AUTOPSY WILL BE A NIGHTMARE.


22 posted on 06/30/2024 9:41:40 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Brian Griffin

ANOTHER BIDDING WAR IN & OF ITSELF———


23 posted on 06/30/2024 9:42:55 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Brian Griffin

A plausible scenario.

The Dems are good at lying but the problem for Joe is his slack jawed vacant stare and unintelligible mumbling left an indelible impression in peoples’ minds. It indisputably exposed his underlying condition and mental frailty. That image cannot be easily erased.


24 posted on 06/30/2024 9:44:57 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: conservative98
If you follow this link you might get around the paywall, it depends on your device setup.

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For President Biden's re-election team, the 48 hours after Thursday's debate were a frenzied campaign within a campaign to do damage control. Here's how the all-hands effort unfolded, as they pressured and pleaded with anxious Democrats to stand by Biden. https://t.co/xZ2iQJpFcj— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 30, 2024


25 posted on 06/30/2024 9:51:25 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: MinorityRepublican
"They'll act like the debate never took place on on June 27, 2024."

That was not the debate you were looking for...


26 posted on 06/30/2024 9:52:41 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: conservative98

Doesn’t the anger that he exhibits over NOTHING show up in people with Alzheimers/dementia? He shows anger when it isn’t called for as if yelling loud enough will get his points across. I don’t think THAT works with anyone who is the target of his explosive temper. THAT kind of behavior just isn’t normal. I would challenge any dem to come up with a picture of Donald Trump behaving in that matter. He’s managed to keep his cool in spite of what he’s been put through - at least in public. What he’s like in private, only he and his wife and other members of his family know.

Joe isn’t normal - never has been..has been used to getting his own way for many, many years and the voters of DE fell at his feet each time.


27 posted on 06/30/2024 9:56:16 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: conservative98

Keep the DemoRats infighting and twisting themselves like pretzels against each other. Methinks Sleepy will be much more defensive and they will over compensate his prepping but it will have similar outcomes as this recent one. They will spin it regardless what happens or doesn’t.


28 posted on 06/30/2024 9:57:23 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: conservative98

29 posted on 06/30/2024 10:01:05 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: conservative98

no one “comes back” from dementia


30 posted on 06/30/2024 10:02:17 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: conservative98

The debate horror cannot be fixed.

Biden is a real live Humpty Dumpty.

All the spinning now is to have something to say in public while the behind-the-scenes plans are being ironed out. These plans do not include a Biden candidacy.


31 posted on 06/30/2024 10:02:59 AM PDT by odawg
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To: conservative98

The aggressive threats are out there. If you are a Democrat and you speak out getting him out, you’re over and done with. Finished.

But, there ARE people speaking out - even some liberals. The thing to be closely monitoring right now is what is Harris and her staff and surrogates out there doing? Where are they doing it? And, how much is she really in touch with Biden’s regime on a daily basis now?


32 posted on 06/30/2024 10:06:10 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: conservative98

Bkmk


33 posted on 06/30/2024 10:08:02 AM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Wouldn’t Joe need to give an acceptance speech in Chicongo?
Pass the popcorn for that.


34 posted on 06/30/2024 10:15:44 AM PDT by bobcat62
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To: conservative98

I am finally getting around to watching the debate.

Biden looks horrible. Doesn’t blink. Looks like he is going to fall asleep. Staring off into space. Has a vacant look. Uses a cheat sheet. All this and I have an hour to go.


35 posted on 06/30/2024 10:19:33 AM PDT by moviefan8
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To: conservative98

What has been seen cannot be unseen. 😏


36 posted on 06/30/2024 10:26:25 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

George Orwell, 1984


37 posted on 06/30/2024 11:00:37 AM PDT by bourgain
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To: mad_as_he$$

Those laws can be hastily changed if it’s a blue state. Executive order etc. Emergency Declaration and the Secretary of State can change election laws.


38 posted on 06/30/2024 11:02:21 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: bobcat62

Chicongo! I just might steal that!


39 posted on 06/30/2024 11:05:16 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Never Trust A Man Whose Uncle Was Eaten By Cannibals)
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To: conservative98

H*** no, I’ll not go.

Joe and Jill are combative.

https://www.azquotes.com/quotes/topics/getting-back-up.html

Expect to hear a lot of them.


40 posted on 06/30/2024 11:05:48 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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