Anyone who claims to know how the Democrats are going to handle their newly discovered Joe Biden problem is lying to you.
That includes the innermost circles of the White House, the Democratic National Committee, and the chattering class. But I do know who to watch as Democrats wrestle with the issue.
The fact that it took a Department of Justice report to point out to the Democrats that Joe Biden has a failing memory and declining mental acuity is surprising in itself. The rest of the world knew as early as September 2022, when Biden had his “Where’s Jackie?” moment, calling for Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) at a public event. Walorski had recently died in a horrific automobile accident. Everyone present knew about her death, including Biden, who had previously spoken about it.
Biden has always been a gaffe-generating machine. And he might even be excused for recently confusing François Mitterrand with Emmanuel Macron (could happen to anybody). But confusing alliterative names of foreign leaders and asking for dead people at a press conference are two different things. Everyone knows that, or should.
But apparently the Democrats confused that obvious sign of declining mental ability as just “Joe being Joe.” The same with the........