President Joe Biden’s internal campaign pollsters are now testing Vice President Kamala Harris’s support against convicted felon former President Trump, the New York Times reports on what they characterize as an extraordinary step for the campaign to be looking into if the veep is better off.
All of this in the context of the super-ultra-mega important solo press conference Biden has set for 6:30 PM EDT on Thursday which is being view by many in the party as – for fuck’s sake enough of this news cycle already. Yes, it’s a big deal and existential for democracy but how many different ways can the media say Biden is old and then how many times can they repeat the same goddamned point? Why’s it so easy for them to relegate Trump’s fascism and batshittery to the background noise while Biden’s age is like a freaking asteroid barreling toward the planet?