My latest reporting...
+ President Biden is deeply frustrated in Delaware this weekend with those he perceives as unhelpful and who he believes are participating in an informal, somewhat slow-moving, misguided revolt against his candidacy
+ President Biden is deeply frustrated in Delaware this weekend with those he perceives as unhelpful and who he believes are participating in an informal, somewhat slow-moving, misguided revolt against his candidacy
+ Biden and members of his inner circle believe both former Speaker Pelosi and former President Obama are privately underestimating his political appeal and the strength of his coalition, especially against Trump, and believe they and others are being too muted on Dem. dissent
+ President Biden, as one friend puts it to me, is "old school" and believes if you "don't think he should run, you should run against him publicly" or otherwise be quiet and be supportive.
+ A flurry of rumors about Biden allies thinking hard about a Biden exit has infuriated many of Biden's most trusted associates, especially talk that historian Jon Meacham was maybe being tapped to write/or mulling an exit speech, which he denied to CBS News.
The key dynamic is that while Biden and many of his confidants are LISTENING to people's concerns about his viability, they also DETEST this process. They view the listening as good-faith openness to feedback, not as some willingness to leave the race due to private Dem. doubts.
Note: The discussions – in the inner circle, among lawmakers, among donors, among party elites -- remain very fluid with the president's frustration the only constant. Truth of where things stand will be the president's own actions more than any particular nudge or shove.
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