The oddest aspect of the Joe Biden debate is that Democratic clocks seem to stop after November 5. Whether you want Biden to stay on as the party’s presidential nominee or quit now is based on how you think he would fare against Donald Trump. The small question of whether he would be fit to govern for the next four years rarely surfaces. If minds were focused on his second term, diehard Bidenites would be on even weaker ground. I know of no one who sincerely thinks he could function until January 2029.
围绕乔•拜登(Joe Biden)的辩论最奇怪的一个方面是,民主党的时钟似乎在11月5日之后就停止了。你希望拜登继续担任该党的总统候选人,抑或现在就退出,只取决于你认为他与唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)对决的结果是什么。至于他是否适合在未来四年执政这个“小问题”,则很少被人提到。如果人们的注意力都集中在他第二任期的表现上,那么拜登铁杆支持者的依据将更加牵强。在我知道的人中,没有人真正认为他能履职到2029年1月。