One person familiar with President Biden’s thinking cautioned that he had not yet made up his mind to leave the race, after three weeks of insisting that almost nothing would drive him out.
Donors are happy as long as their agenda is advanced and Biden being unfit for office doesn’t really effect that, what made donors unhappy is waking up to the reality that voters don’t like Biden and he can’t win. It’s the backdrop of immense voter dissatisfaction and months of rank-and-file action against him that is causing donors to freak out, the debate was merely the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Donors are happy as long as their agenda is advanced and Biden being unfit for office doesn’t really effect that, what made donors unhappy is waking up to the reality that voters don’t like Biden and he can’t win. It’s the backdrop of immense voter dissatisfaction and months of rank-and-file action against him that is causing donors to freak out, the debate was merely the straw that broke the camel’s back.