Reactions and analysis

"Other presidents have stumbled in debates, but none quite like what happened to Biden on Thursday night," analyzes the Washington Post: "His overriding goal was to dispel doubts that he is too old and too frail to lead the country for another four years. Instead, he reinforced those doubts." The paper states, over the course of the evening, Biden's performance had improved, and he had won many substantive arguments - but first impressions count, and for Biden they were worse than many Democrats had feared, reports the Washington Post.

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