"'It's Joe and Jill's decision.' We all said that, like a mantra, as if we'd all been hypnotized. Was it grace, or was it recklessness? In retrospect, I think it was recklessness. The stakes were simply too high, Harris wrote, referring to the former president and first lady Jill Biden. This wasn't a choice that should have been left to an individual's ego, an individual's ambition. It should have been more than a personal decision."
"Biden's decision to forgo seeking reelection but only after a calamitous debate performance against the eventual election winner, Donald Trump, amplified voters' concerns about his mental acuity and physical fitness prompted Democratic recriminations that have only intensified after Harris' loss."
"Still, while the excerpt in The Atlantic expresses dismay at the tight circle around the former president, Harris also offered a defense, saying that even on his worst days, Biden was was more deeply knowledgeable, more capable of exercising judgment, and far more compassionate than Donald Trump on his best."
Top Democrats deferred entirely to Joe and Jill Biden on whether he should seek a second term, repeating the mantra 'It's Joe and Jill's decision' and later judging that deference reckless given the stakes. Biden remained capable but grew tired at times, and top aides stepped back from the core question of whether he should run again. Biden's decision to forgo reelection after a calamitous debate performance against Donald Trump amplified voter concerns about mental acuity and physical fitness and prompted intensified Democratic recriminations following electoral defeat. Even on his worst days, Biden was described as more knowledgeable, more capable of exercising judgment, and more compassionate than Donald Trump.
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