From TPM Reader SP …
It was so apparent that Biden had no organization running onceagain. Obvious when the Hur report came out. Obvious after the Israel-Hamas war broke out. Obvious after the financialobligation ceiling standoff. Obvious after losing the House. Obvious after 2 years of increasing inflation. Just as apparent after the fall of Kabul as it ever was. All we got was “it’s too early,” “the economy is enhancing,” “don’t re-open the ideological rifts in the Democratic celebration,” “presidents constantly run for a 2nd term,” and the supreme evade, “polls at this phase aren’t predictive.” And it was the most apparent of all where that would lead. They would wait and wait, repeat that line over and over, upuntil we reached the point where surveys at this phase are predictive, and