Hi, this is Jennifer Rubin, and this is Jennifer Rubin's green room.

So happy to have you back.

Where has the last couple of weeks left us, other than depressed, demoralized, scared?

Listen, things are not well on the Democratic side of the election.

We've had a president who performed not just abysmally, but really failed to respond to the

concern, the legitimate concern that people raised

afterwards. And that, of course, has been, for me at least, more troubling than the debate

performance itself. For whatever reason, he and his team have dug in. Rather than admit that the president is 82 years old,

and he doesn't keep the schedule, a 40-year-old does, but nevertheless, he remains one of our best

presidents and on his worst possible day could run circles around Donald Trump,

instead of doing that, instead of leveling

with people, instead of acknowledging some physical limitations, the deny, deny, deny has,

I think had the opposite effect. And worse, not allowing him to get out there and do the kinds of events that would give people greater

confidence has become a real problem. He should be doing town halls. He should be doing more

interviews. He should be doing very long press conferences. And the nagging sense that many people

have is, why isn't he doing this?

Is it because he can't?

Now, I want to separate two things.

I think you can be a very good president, as he has been, put together an excellent team,

make good decisions, insist upon the best information. You can do all that.

You can run a White House and, frankly, run a country. And at the same time, not be on your toes

verbally all of the time, at times lose your train of thought, at times show your age.

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