I have been holding out hope that “Doctor” Jill and Hunter the Convicted Felon can convince Slow Joe to hang in there until November. And that still may happen: Lady MacBiden is strong-willed. But Karine Jean-Pierre said today that Biden has tested positive for covid, and is “self-isolating” in Delaware.

In what might possibly be a coincidence, Biden now says that he would drop out of the race if “doctors came to me” and encouraged it. So you can see how this might all come together. It would be ironic if covid, having saved the Democrats in 2020, should save them again in 2024.

Meanwhile, polls indicate that two-thirds of Democrats want Biden gone, and I assume the percentage among donors is closer to 100. And a hot off the press poll finds that Biden runs worse than every other Democrat they tested in swing states.

So the handwriting may be on the wall, although, as I have said many times, the Democrats’ leaders don’t have any way to force Joe out the door. They can only persuade. So: say it ain’t so, Jill!