Sounds like Biden has taken the hint - thinks it's to late myself.
Leading Democrats believe Joe Biden will be persuaded to quit the presidential race as soon as this weekend, according to reports.
Allies of the 81-year-old president, including Nancy Pelosi, have been presenting him with polling showing Donald Trump could win a landslide victory in the November election if he does not drop out.
Mr Biden is becoming more “receptive” to the pleas for him to stand aside, according to The New York Times.
Democrats have now told Axios that the president, who is isolating with Covid-19, could be persuaded to exit the election as early as this weekend after becoming privately resigned that the unrelenting scrutiny around his campaign makes his presidential bid untenable.
Ms Pelosi, the former House Speaker, cautioned him that his continued presence could jeopardise Democrats’ prospects of reclaiming the House, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told him that it would be best to “drop out”.
Until now, Mr Biden has maintained that he will stay in the race, arguing that he is the only Democrat who has beaten Mr Trump in a presidential election.
He has admitted that he “screwed up” in a disastrous television debate against Mr Trump on June 27 and that he does not “speak as smoothly as I used to”, yet has argued concerns about his fitness to lead are unfounded.
Leading Democrats believe Joe Biden will be persuaded to quit the presidential race as soon as this weekend, according to reports.
Allies of the 81-year-old president, including Nancy Pelosi, have been presenting him with polling showing Donald Trump could win a landslide victory in the November election if he does not drop out.
Mr Biden is becoming more “receptive” to the pleas for him to stand aside, according to The New York Times.
Democrats have now told Axios that the president, who is isolating with Covid-19, could be persuaded to exit the election as early as this weekend after becoming privately resigned that the unrelenting scrutiny around his campaign makes his presidential bid untenable.
Ms Pelosi, the former House Speaker, cautioned him that his continued presence could jeopardise Democrats’ prospects of reclaiming the House, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told him that it would be best to “drop out”.
Until now, Mr Biden has maintained that he will stay in the race, arguing that he is the only Democrat who has beaten Mr Trump in a presidential election.
He has admitted that he “screwed up” in a disastrous television debate against Mr Trump on June 27 and that he does not “speak as smoothly as I used to”, yet has argued concerns about his fitness to lead are unfounded.
