Hey, everybody.

Well, it was a bad debate.

What got overlooked was how awful Trump was.

Practically every word out of his mouth was a lie, but that got ignored because of the

conspicuously embarrassing and frankly scary performance by a president who has clearly

had some significant cognitive decline and put us in a very precarious situation. Yes, he gave a good speech at a rally the next day,

but that was on prompter. Now, the president's job is not debating, and he has staff, supposedly,

the best people in the world, or at least in the country, to advise him.

But the thing about the President of the United States is that the decisions that he or she,

but so far he, makes our decisions that only he can make.

A decision that gets to the President's desk is a decision that only he can make.

This election is so important, perhaps the most important since 1932 or 1864 or 1860,

because Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy and someone has to beat them.

And the question is, do you replace Biden or is that too risky going into an open convention,

which we haven't done since 1968 in Chicago?

I don't know what to do.

Biden has put the party in an unbelievably precarious position.

The downside of keeping him at the head of the ticket is apparent.

If his decline has been that dramatic over the last three and a half years.

Imagine what it would be over the next four.

On the other hand, the downsides of opening up the process are unknowable and potentially huge.

My guess this week is Norm Ornstein, Scholar Emeritus of the American Enterprise Institute, part of the pantheon of this podcast's greatest guest.

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