Trump Widens Lead After Biden's Debate Debacle, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  Donald Trump is ahead of President Biden by six percentage points among likely voters in a new national survey.  Overall, 74 percent of voters view him as too old for the job, an uptick since the debate.

Biden Told Ally That He Is Weighing Whether to Continue in the Race  —  The president's conversation is the first indication that he is seriously considering whether he can recover after a devastating performance on the debate stage in Atlanta on Thursday.  —  President Biden has told …

Time to Roll the Dice  —  November's election has very high stakes: the nature and, indeed, the continued existence of the American republic, at least in the form that we've known it for the past century.  Around the world, the United States under a second Trump presidency would cease …

Clyburn says he would support ‘mini-primary’ ahead of DNC if Biden steps aside  —  “You can actually fashion the process that's already in place to make it a mini-primary, and I would support that absolutely,” Rep. Jim Clyburn said.  —  Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn, a top ally of Joe Biden …

Trump Expands Lead Over Biden as Age Worries Grow, WSJ Poll Finds  —  The former president is now ahead by 6 points, with 80% saying the incumbent is too old to run

Election Updates: Amid uncertainty over Biden, both campaigns duke it out in ads.  —  Republicans' House campaign arm launched an ad targeting Vice President Kamala Harris, an acknowledgment of the prospect — far from certain, but possible — that President Biden will end his campaign and she will take his place.

Electoral College Rating Changes: Upper Midwest Moves After Biden's Debate Disaster … KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — President Biden's debate performance was so bad that it has forced us to reassess some of our assumptions about the race.  — Michigan and Minnesota move to more competitive categories in our ratings.

Inside the GOP Effort to Make Sure Biden Is the Democratic Nominee  —  “We would make it extraordinarily difficult” for Democrats to replace Joe Biden on the ballot, a Heritage Foundation leader told NOTUS.  — Copy  —  President Joe Biden's Democratic allies could get a boost to keep …

Top White House aide urges staff to tune out ‘noise’ and focus on governing during debate fallout  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House chief of staff Jeff Zients urged people during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday to tune out the “noise” and focus on the task of governing as senior aides scramble …

Behind the Curtain: Democratic rage at Biden rises … Some of these members believe the White House wants to shield Biden from people who'd try to argue why he should drop out.  — “I don't know who's making decisions,” said one House Democrat who's exasperated with the West Wing.

Forcing Biden Out Would Have Only One Beneficiary: Trump  —  Joe Biden refuses to drop out of the presidential race even as some liberals, rattled by the incumbent's frightening debate performance last week, keep pressuring him to do so.  —  Who's surprised by that?

President Kamala Harris  —  1. Skating, Pucks  —  I am now convinced that President Biden will step aside as his party's nominee.  This isn't a value judgment, just an analysis of reality.1 As I explained on Monday, if that happens, Kamala Harris is—far and away—the most likely replacement.

Biden Must Resign  —  Joe Biden must resign the presidency.  The last person to do so was Richard Nixon, who left in disgrace after abusing the powers of his office.  Nixon had to resign because he led an assault on American democracy.  Biden must resign for the opposite reason …

The pundit class needs to get a grip  —  PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers.  Appreciate our independent journalism?  Then please sign up to support us.  —  💭 Subscribe to Public Notice 💭  —  After President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance …