Joe Biden Was Maybe Going To Survive This. Then Came The Last 24 Hours.

WASHINGTON ― The last 14 days have not been good for Joe Biden. Wednesday may have been one of the worst.

If it seemed at the beginning of the week that Biden might make it through this whole ordeal as the Democratic presidential nominee, Wednesday offered the clearest sign yet that Biden is bleeding the support he needs from all corners of his coalition to stay in the race.

“I think there is widespread sentiment,” Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) told reporters. Doggett, who had been the first Democrat to call on Biden to drop out after the debate, was asked whether the metaphorical dam holding back Democrats’ demands that Biden step aside will break in the coming days.

“You’ve seen additional statements today from frontliners, a recognition that this is not just about the presidency but about the future of the House and Senate,” Doggett said Wednesday. “It’s about whether all elements of our government are turned over to Trump and his gang.”

The day began ominously for the president, when former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and spoke as if Biden were still deciding whether to stay in the race, even though he has clearly said he has no intention of dropping out. “Time is running short,” Pelosi said.

Biden also lost a major ally in Hollywood when actor George Clooney, who just a month ago hosted a $30 million fundraiser for the president, wrote a devastating opinion article in The New York Times calling on Biden to drop out of the race after his painfully poor debate performance.

The hits kept coming: United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain and Association of Flight Attendants President Sara Nelson, two of Biden’s biggest labor allies, also privately expressed serious concerns about