President Biden responds to questions and concerns about his age during the CNN Presidential Debate. (Courtesy: CNN)

For weeks, rumors have circulated that the first presidential debate was scheduled many weeks earlier than usual to allow Democrats time to throw Joe Biden overboard in case he flopped. There would be time, some speculated, to convince Biden to step down and for the party to coalesce around a new candidate before the Democratic convention in August.

According to the devastated talking heads on CNN, speaking after their network hosted the debate, that’s where we are. Even those totally in Biden’s corner had to admit that the president did not appear capable of serving for four more years. They weren’t alone.

Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times, immediately afterwards, in a piece titled "President Biden, I’ve Seen Enough", wrote "But I hope he reviews his debate performance Thursday evening and withdraws from the race, throwing the choice of a Democratic nominee to the convention in August."

BIDEN RIPPED FOR 'OLD' APPEARANCE, 'WEAK' VOICE DURING FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: 'DEEPLY ALARMING'

The Kobeissi Letter reported on X that the odds on Donald Trump winning the November election surged by over 10% during the debate, to a new high of 63%. More incredible, before the debate, odds-makers gave Biden an 86% chance of winning the nomination; that plummeted to a 38% probability that he will not be the nominee. It’s not surprising.

Indeed, it is impossible to imagine that anyone who tuned into the first 2024 presidential debate could vote for Joe Biden to serve........

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