Democrats urge Biden
President Biden’s disastrous debate performance has left Democrats scrambling for ways to strengthen their weakened president. Democratic lawmakers and strategists for months had predicted the presidential race would be extremely close, but they now see Biden as an underdog after he stumbled against former President Trump on the debate stage. The discussion over whether Biden should be the nominee has not ended, and new swing state polls in the coming week could give new ammunition to those who argue the party would be better off pushing Biden to step away in favor of another candidate. But Biden’s campaign, the White House and some of his top allies are insisting he’s not going anywhere. They’re more focused on strengthening Biden as the nominee.