Biden Comments On Possibly Stepping Aside Send Cable News Into A Frenzy; NYT Says POTUS “Clear-Eyed” About Hurdles Going Forward

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“I want to be really clear, I have not heard anything like what has been reported in the New York Times,” Rep Debbie Dingell (D-MI) told MSNBC this morning as a the Old Gray Lady reported that the incumbent is considering his options about continuing his reelection effort in the fallout from last week’s disastrous debate performance. “President Biden has got to go out there and show, on a sustained basis he has the stamina to do the job,” the Congresswoman added to Andrea Mitchell on the Comcast-own outlet this AM.

The appearance by the Biden loyalist on the cable newser was one of many as politicians and pundits up and down the dial leaped on the anonymously sourced ‘Biden Told Ally That He Is Weighing Whether to Continue in the Race’ article that went up on the NYT site early Wednesday.

In the Times piece, Katie Rogers wrote: “He knows if he has two more events like that, we’re in a different place” by the end of the weekend, said the ally, referring to Mr.

Biden’s halting and unfocused performance in the debate. The person, who talked to the president in the past 24 hours, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive situation.” White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates called the report “absolutely false” Still, along with MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, NewsNations and others devoted long segments to the NYT report. “What the American people need to understand, this has not been a secret in Washington,” deeply partisan Congressman Byron Donalds (R-FL) exclaimed on the Murdoch-own FNC in the 9 am PT hour.