Never-Trumpers are clear-eyed in a way that many Democrats are not. We are sort of the Dutch uncles of American politics. For us, there is one goal: ensuring that Donald Trump and his plans for a retribution-driven, all-powerful presidency never see the inside of the White House. If Joe Biden is useful in achieving that, we’re all for him. If he is not, then we are cold-blooded about replacing him.

In contrast, a lot of Democrats have been too polite to openly criticize their own party’s presumptive nominee. Fortunately, though Never Trumpers have been accused of a lot of things, they’ve never been accused of being overly polite. So let’s rip off the scab.

Despite almost two weeks of gentle urging to reconsider his position, Joe Biden has now dug himself in and refuses either to demonstrate he's still up to the job or to step aside as the nominee. His best argument, easily dispensed with, is that quitting the race would be undemocratic, since he won the primaries. But Biden, by refusing to participate in primary debates, sold Democratic voters a pig in a poke. Had he taken the stage and let America see what they saw two weeks ago, we would not be having this discussion now.

But for the moment, let’s ignore Biden’s debate performance. While I personally don’t agree with all of his policies, Biden has, overall, been a good president. But he........

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