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New York Times
10 Jul 2024
Ian Prasad Philbrick


NextImg:The Democrats’ Unhappy Indecision

Democratic politicians seemed to be falling in line behind President Biden yesterday even as more polling showed his campaign to be in trouble.

In today’s newsletter, we’ll explain the latest developments and polling. We will also give you a selection of commentary — both pro-Biden and anti-Biden — that we found helpful.

The view on the Hill

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Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader. Credit...Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

If Democrats are going to persuade Biden to quit the race, it will probably require a concerted effort from the party’s congressional leaders. And many of those leaders remain skeptical of Biden’s ability to win in November, given voters’ deep concerns about his age.

“Behind closed doors, there was a consensus forming among the members in the toughest House seats that Democrats would have a much better shot of winning the majority with Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket,” our colleague Annie Karni reported from Capitol Hill.

Representative Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey yesterday became the seventh House Democrat to call on Biden to withdraw. “The stakes are too high — and the threat is too real — to stay silent,” she said. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado said that Biden was on a path to losing in a landslide.


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