Biden's 'Dismal' Debate Performance Sparks 'Aggressive Panic' Among Democrats

President Biden's rough performance at the CNN Presidential Debate has caused an earthquake across the media landscape, ranging from "dismal" reviews to vocal calls on the left for him to withdraw from the 2024 race.

President Biden's performance at the CNN Presidential Debate has sent shockwaves through the Democratic Party, with analysts and party officials expressing deep concern.

CNN's John King said there is a "deep, a wide and a very aggressive panic in the Democratic Party" following Biden's performance. "It started minutes into the debate and it continues right now," King said.

Biden's 'Dismal' Debate Performance Sparks 'Aggressive Panic' Among Democrats

King's colleague Kasie Hunt wrote, "The voice, open-mouthed look, and visual contrast between President Biden and former President Trump all have Democrats I'm talking to nearly beside themselves watching this debate."

NBC News' Chuck Todd admitted that Biden looked like the "caricature" conservatives have painted of him, specifically over his mental acuity. "And there were no clips tonight, right? You saw it before your eyes," Todd said.

Biden's 'Dismal' Debate Performance Sparks 'Aggressive Panic' Among Democrats

Bloomberg Opinion editor Tim O'Brien wrote, "Trump’s taken control of the momentum of this debate — despite lying and living in an alternate reality — and Biden simply comes across as a somewhat dazed punching bag."

MSNBC host Joy Reid bizarrely complained about how the Biden campaign made the fatal mistake of "putting him on the right" side of the stage. "Why would you put him on the right?" Reid asked. "Because Biden likes to look over at the moderators and to look away. Had he been on the left, he would have been facing Donald Trump… He looked like he was looking off camera! Every decision they made exacerbated the problem!"

Biden's 'Dismal' Debate Performance Sparks 'Aggressive Panic' Among Democrats

The most stunning fallout of the debate was the open floodgates of the media calling on Biden to step aside.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote the debate "made me weep" and realize Biden should step aside. "I cannot remember a more heartbreaking moment in American presidential campaign politics in my lifetime — precisely because of what it revealed: Joe Biden, a good man and a good president, has no business running for re-election," he wrote.

Biden's 'Dismal' Debate Performance Sparks 'Aggressive Panic' Among Democrats

Fellow New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote, "I wish Biden would reflect on this debate performance and then announce his decision to withdraw from the race, throwing the choice of Democratic nominee to the convention."

Numerous other media figures, including Alyssa Farah Griffin, Eric Levitz, Edward Luce, Cenk Uygur, Mark Leibovich, and Van Jones, have also called for Biden to withdraw.

The aggregate website Drudge Report blared the headline "OPERATION: REPLACE BIDEN." It included a poll question over who would be the best Democrat to replace him out of Hillary Clinton, Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, Kamala Harris, or "Other."