President Joe Biden's stumbling debate performance on Thursday night has led to some calls from his party to step aside, leaving his campaign in peril just weeks before he accepts the Democratic nomination.
It's also got party wags wondering how Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor, would do if she were handed the torch and faced-off with Donald Trump, the first former president ever to be both charged and then convicted of a crime.
If the 81-year-old Biden were to heed those calls, it would set the stage for his 59-year-old running mate to potentially become the first woman and woman of color to lead the nation.
Although questions of age and impairment have hounded Biden throughout the campaign, he has faced no real competition for the nomination. In Thursday's debate, Democrats wanted Biden to demonstrate that he had the vigor to serve a second term. Instead, they got rambling answers in a raspy voice, sentences that trailed off as if he lost his train of thought and repeated verbal flubs that Trump was able to capitalize on.
Prominent Democrats quickly closed ranks around Biden, while the pundit and commentary world melted down demanding he step aside to make way for another candidate.
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