Dems post-debate freak-out paints lefty media in a corner as Biden hangs on

Let’s be blunt: This is shaping up to be arguably the worst seven days for the Democratic Party and its media allies of our lifetimes.It’s a DefCon 1 level of panic throughout the party as Democrats process that, if the presidential election were held today, Donald Trump would win in a landslide. We all witnessed what happened Thursday night in Atlanta: A slack-jawed, oftentimes confused and incoherent President Biden hijacking the biggest night of this campaign season in the worst way possible.Concern about the president’s age and mental acuity — or lack thereof — was already the No.1 challenge facing his candidacy.After Thursday night, there is no doubt in the minds of even the most hardcore Dems that this man should not be president for another four minutes, let alone another four years. On Friday morning, all of The New York Times’ top columnists went on record with calls for Biden to step aside, as did its editorial board.That’s significant, considering that this same publication hasn’t endorsed a Republican presidential candidate since Dwight D.

Eisenhower back in 1956 — meaning it endorsed the likes of epic electoral losers Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis and John Kerry. Dread was also palpable on CNN and MSNBC.Moments after the debate ended, Van Jones on CNN openly called on Biden to exit the campaign, while MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, who reportedly speaks to the president on a regular basis, asked on air if any Fortune 500 company would ever consider hiring Biden as its CEO.Remember, just weeks ago Scarborough declared Biden was sharper than any GOP House member he’s spoken to in the past 30 years. One would think the avalanche of anguish would be so overwhelming that the Bidens would crumble and simply raise the white flag, but that ain’t happening. “The last time Joe Biden lost The New York Times editorial board’s endorsement it turned out pretty well for him,” sniffed Biden campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond, still rankle...