President Biden's campaign is downplaying a very grim new poll showing Donald Trump leading in multiple battleground states.

But many Democrats are sounding the alarm, including David Axelrod, the chief strategist for the 2012 Obama-Biden presidential campaign, who

tweeted that the poll, quote, will send tremors of doubt through the party.

David is joining us right now.

David, thanks very much for joining us. These are very

brutal poll numbers. This is a New York Times, Siena College poll. The results for the

president pretty bad. You suggested he should at least consider dropping out while also saying it's his decision.

But as a Democrat concerned about Donald Trump, what do you want Biden to do?

I want him to consider what is best in terms of the goal that I know he is committed to which is defeating Donald Trump.

And if he believes based on not just what's in his heart,

but what's in data and what he's being told that he has the best chance to do it, then he should run.

should run.

But you know, the thing that irritates me a little bit,

is this notion that people who are concerned are bed wetters is a

phrase actually I think it originated in the 2008 Obama campaign in a much different context

uh... there's there is reason to be concerned and people shouldn't dismiss these polls and

should the president press forward, I think that they need to really kick this another notch up and turn this into a

comparative campaign.

Like the Biden White House is actually debating whether Joe Biden should attack Donald Trump or not.

This reminds me of 1988 and Michael Dukak is saying, I'm not going to answer those Bush attacks saying I'm unpatriotic

while he's going to flag factories all over the country.

And Dukakis just, he kept mowing his lawn with his push moor going,

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