According to reports out this morning, Joe Biden went to Camp David last night to discuss his political future with his wife and family.
This comes after Biden said on Friday that he was not dropping out of the race.
Here’s more from the New York Post:
President Biden hunkered down with family at Camp David Sunday to discuss the future of his re-election campaign following his disastrous debate performance, according to a new report.
People close to Biden, 81, believe only the president and first lady Jill Biden, will determine the future of his presidency, NBC News reported, citing several top Democrat sources.
“The decision-makers are two people — it’s the president and his wife,” one of the sources told the outlet. “Anyone who doesn’t understand how deeply personal and familial this decision will be isn’t knowledgeable about the situation.”
Another source added, “The only person who has ultimate influence with him is the first lady. If she decides there should be a change of course, there will be a change of course.”
Biden’s trip to the presidential retreat in Maryland — where he spent a week preparing for last Thursday’s debate — was planned in advance, White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates said Saturday.
The octogenarian president returned to Camp David with the first lady Saturday night, joining their children and grandchildren.
But a source told NBC News that the Camp David get-together wasn’t considered a formal family meeting.
“Any discussion about the campaign is expected to be informal or an afterthought,” the source told the outlet. “No one is sitting down for a formal or determinative discussion.”
I still don’t think Biden will be dropping out of the race. As I’ve said before, his legacy is more important to him than most anything else.
We just reported that Biden told a bunch of donors last night that he’d improved with voters after the debate. So why would he suddenly go back to Camp David? Maybe it was planned. Or maybe Biden got some really bad news from donors who don’t believe in him any longer.