The age and cognitive worries swirling around President Biden came into full light at last night’s debate. Biden’s clearly halting and at times seemingly confused performance caused my phone to blow up.

It did so because two weeks ago I had written in this space that if Biden seemed even remotely confused, lost or “frozen,” the Democratic Party might have to replace him at the convention. He was clearly confused and lost at times.

And in case viewers were not quite paying attention to Biden’s verbal struggles, at one point during the debate, former President Trump said, “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.”

That obvious concern being one of the reasons the latest Gallup poll just reported “age and cognitive issues” to be a liability for Biden. As that organization reported: “At 81, Biden is three years older than Trump, who turned 78 this month. Despite their similar ages, Americans are nearly twice as likely to say Biden is too old to be president (67%) as say this about Trump (37%) … Biden’s age is not just a potential liability among Republicans and independents … but also among a sizable minority of Democrats. Forty-four percent of Democrats say Biden is too old, and 31% are very worried about it.”

Several months ago — based upon tens of conversations with Americans on both sides of the Trump/Biden political divide — basically everyone I spoke with had not only made up........

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