Based on recent polls, it does not seem that Biden is necessarily the strongest possible candidate.
So, over the next six months, for the sake of his country, Biden needs to dispassionately assess whether he is, in fact, the strongest possible candidate.
A third is that most Americans (a remarkable 81% of us) think that Biden is too old to run for president.
(Most of us think Trump is too old, too, but fewer of us.)
If, by early August, the analysis suggests that Biden is, in fact, the strongest candidate, then the best way to serve his country would be to accept the nomination.
Persons:
—, Joe Biden, Biden, Trump, Kamala Harris, Ross Douthat
Organizations:
Service, Business, Democratic, Trump, didn't, New York Times