The severity of the president's seeming decline as seen in the debate may be a shock to many, but voters have long been sounding the alarm about Mr. Biden's stamina and mental acuity.
While the debate felt like a political earthquake, the polls so far have registered only a modest tremor. Mr. Biden was behind before, and he's behind slightly more now.
The answer to the question of whether Mr. Biden ought to attempt to stay in office another four years seems obvious, irrespective of the polling data. Yet the Democratic Party appears to be playing the wait-and-see game.
A flurry of public polls have for the last few days offered a mixed picture of the debate fallout. CNN found no movement from its Trump-up-six point lead pre-debate, while the Times/Siena poll shows Mr. Biden losing by nine points.
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