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“Most of our caucus is still with him … meaning he’ll stay in,” a House Democrat told the outlet. “Which sucks for our country.” Another lawmaker told Axios that anti-Biden Democrats were “folding all over the place” and “becoming resigned to Biden holding all the cards here, and us having no real say in the matter.” “As someone who wanted the reckoning and is really disappointed that it’s over, trust me: It’s over,” the lawmaker said.

"Did you ever watch the debate afterwards?" BIDEN: "I don't think I did." "Did you know how badly it was going?" BIDEN: *incoherent rambling* "It seemed like you were having trouble from the first question in..." BIDEN: "Well I just had a bad night."

More questions about President Biden’s cognitive state are emerging as a new poll showed a jaw-dropping 72% of registered voters do not believe he is mentally fit for the job.While many Democrats were left flabbergasted and sent into a tailspin by Biden’s debate debacle last week, the 81-year-old president’s cognitive slips have been nothing new to his inner circle. White House aides have been meticulously working behind the scenes throughout his presidency to minimize his exposure to situations where his cognitive slip-ups could flare up in public and to adapt the day-to-day of the presidency to the needs of an...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to discuss the future of his re-election campaign with family on Sunday, following a nationally televised debate Thursday that left many fellow Democrats worried about his ability to beat former President Donald Trump in November, according to five people familiar with the matter.

NEW YORK — “So, let’s talk about last night’s debate, because I know it’s on your minds,” Jill Biden said. The living room of the Greenwich Village brownstone fell silent. The first lady, poised in a polka dot dress and a pair of pink stilettos, stood behind a lectern, her lips spread into a half-smile. The nearly 60 attendees at that afternoon’s fundraiser, gripping the melted remnants of their Aperol Spritzes, stared back at her. [cut] To his wife of 47 years, it was no reason to panic. “I said, ‘Look, Joe, we are not going to let 90 minutes...