Why Trump, not Biden, should drop out of the race

He failed to answer the interviewers’ questions; was incoherent and jumbled in his speech; spewed misinformation, exaggeration, and lies; took credit for some of Biden’s accomplishments; and blamed Biden for his own administration’s failures. To anyone paying attention, the debate amply demonstrated Trump’s lack of fitness to be president, but I have yet to see anything like comparable coverage given to his terrible debate performance. This should change.

For every column that has been devoted to Biden’s halting debate performance and its possible fallout, I would have loved to see the same amount of space focused on Donald Trump’s performance — a disastrous one by any reasonable standard (as summarized in Heather Cox Richardson’s excellent post-debate blog ).

Is Biden’s age the new ‘but her emails’?

I am a subscriber and have generally been satisfied by the Globe’s take on politics and emphasis on deep reporting of regional news. So, I was very disappointed to see the Globe follow The New York Times and others in asking for Biden to step down. Like the “but her emails” issue that undermined Hilary Clinton in the last few months of her campaign, the press’s debate coverage may be the legacy of the media’s role in our democracy: It has become destructive. Instead, focus on the real threats to our democracy — which are everywhere. Biden can win if the media understands that telling Biden to step down is not their job.

I couldn’t help but notice that the Globe did not call for Donald Trump to drop out following his felony conviction. Democrats are focusing on one bad debate instead of examining the last 3 years of an administration that cleaned up so much from the Trump years. Biden has clearly lost some speed off his fastball but that is no reason to change pitchers at this late date. We don’t elect presidents to debate, we elect them to lead the nation.

I take issue with all the pundits calling for President Biden to resign. There are only five months left until the election in November. President Biden has proven he believes in the Constitution, respects it, and stands by it. He is an older candidate — but he is not looking to lead our country from a democracy to an autocracy. As voters, we have no other choice but to stand up and vote for President Biden or turn our country over to a man who believes in “one man, one rule.”