I am a lifelong Democrat. The first national election I voted in was in 1964 — LBJ vs. Barry Goldwater. You may then count me in the chorus calling for Joe Biden to quit the current race and make way for someone mentally and physically fit to lead this great nation. He proved that with last night’s disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump, who is unfit for the White House on grounds of character and moral probity. If he is, as many Democrats believe, an existential threat to democracy in the U.S., then the party must look to, and choose, a candidate with the youth, intelligence, and vigor to defeat him.

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