The debate featured “an extraordinarily aggressive, top-to-bottom attack,” Politico wrote. “Over and over,” one candidate’s “tactic of choice was a gut-level punch.” An “alpha-male display,” Britain’s left-wing Guardian headlined. The dominant candidate’s style, CNN ...

I never thought I would be writing a column to urge Joe Biden to step aside. But his painfully poor performance in his debate with Donald Trump last week forced me to face a very uncomfortable truth. His debate showing was a capital-D disaster. The horrible truth: Biden needs to bow ...

In other circumstances, the resignation last week of state Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy would seem an opportunity to reset the GOP on a course toward relevancy in Illinois. But both the circumstances of Tracy’s departure and the reaction to it suggest cause for concern. Downstate ...

Bad debates happen, as Joe Biden’s supporters say. But that wasn’t a debate. Biden stood there in an apparent cloud of fatigue, while Donald Trump lied his way throughout, ignoring the uncomfortable questions, of which there were several. Biden says he’s staying in the race, and for ...

At a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, following his universally criticized debate performance, President Biden attempted to draw a distinction between himself and Donald Trump: “ I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong.” Knowing right from wrong presumes a standard that is ...

In 1960, the New York Yankees fired their legendary manager Casey Stengel for being too old. “I’ll never make the mistake of being 70 again,” Stengel quipped. If Democrats dump Joe Biden, the president might want to say the same thing about being 81. The biggest loser of the debate, ...