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Should Biden drop out from Presidential race at this late stage of the campaign?  An uncomfortable question which most progressives don't wanna comment upon. Yet, several sensible people; centrists like Paul Krugman and Dean Baker, have given their opinion. That is: it's time for Biden to go. And now i tend to agree.  We are not enthralled by propaganda of Trump lies about America, American economy and big lies that everything has been ruined by Biden. On the contrary, the American economy and American society under Biden are doing pretty well. US economy is the best in decades and Biden's policies have produced great results.  There are two points which merits Biden to retire. First, i have already pointed out in last article that politics is about performative display of President. The President should not just deliver the goods, he should also be presentable, astute and powerful in public appearance. Biden delivers the goods in governance and policy making. Biden is g...

There's a knee jerk reaction by many progressives about the performance of Biden. Even many sensible centrist progressives who until few days ago were die hard Biden backers are now calling for Biden to step down. Why? It was always clear to many people that Biden was too old to run for second term. His frailty (he can barely walk), fumbles & forgetfulness in recent public speeches and giving only controlled interviews since last several months were indicative of the problem. Given all this, Biden's debate performance is not at all surprising. But in US politics, there's a strong current of conventional thinking regarding supporting party candidates. Even sensible people who think on the contrary always go with the current without thinking of the consequences. When some people pointed out the possible risks with Biden candidacy, the Biden's fanbase dismissed them by pointing to Trump's public failures and convictions. It was even expected that GOP will be in cha...