Overview

• Joe Biden’s media reemergence, including an interview on ABC’s The View, has reignited concerns over his cognitive health and leadership legacy.
• Democratic strategists Chuck Rocha and Amanda Litman publicly called for Biden to ‘go away’ and allow younger leaders to take charge of the party’s future.
• Biden’s allies are preparing for potential fallout from the release of audio from his Special Counsel interview and the upcoming book Original Sin, which critiques his decision to run in 2024.
• Ashley Etienne emphasized the need for a formal Democratic Party autopsy of the 2024 loss to shape the narrative and avoid external accounts defining their defeat.
• The party remains deeply divided over whether Biden can still contribute constructively or if his continued presence hinders efforts to rebuild and move forward.