After 10 days of frantic efforts to reset Joe Biden’s re-election campaign — such as teleprompter-aided rally speeches that proved little and a traditional sit-down interview with a TV personality that flopped — the president’s team unveiled a new aggressive plan on Monday: an assault on the three Democratic power centres that threaten to turn against him.
In just a few hours, Biden took on the Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill, friendly media figures such as MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, and angry Democratic donors who have plotted to switch horses.
“We can’t waste any more time being distracted,” the 81-year-old president told a group of Democratic donors on a private call on Monday afternoon. “I’m not going anywhere, folks. I’m in this to the end, and I’m going to beat Trump — I promise you.”