Above all, Joe Biden's allies wanted him to demonstrate strength and energy on the debate stage to help put to rest questions about the 81-year-old Democrat's physical and mental acuity.But on the biggest stage in U.S. politics on Thursday night, Biden did not meet their modest expectations.And by the end of the 90-minute showdown, the Democratic president's allies 바카라 게임 웹사이트� party strategists and rank-and-file voters alike 바카라 게임 웹사이트� descended into all-out panic following a debate performance punctuated by repeated stumbles, uncomfortable pauses, and a quiet speaking style that was often difficult to understand. Publicly and privately, Democrats questioned whether the party could or should replace him as the party's presidential nominee against the 78-year-old Republican former President Donald Trump this fall.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m not the only one whose heart is breaking right now. There바카라 게임 웹사이트�s a lot of people who watched this tonight and felt terribly for Joe Biden,바카라 게임 웹사이트� former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said on MSNBC. "I don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t know if things can be done to fix this.바카라 게임 웹사이트�For now, the biggest question for Biden is whether the damage is permanent. Many voters have not yet tuned into an election that's still more than four months away. The president and his allies are sitting on millions of dollars that have yet to be spent on advertising and swing state infrastructure. And there's precedent for recovering from rough debate performances, including Barack Obama's rebound from an uneven encounter with Mitt Romney in 2012. Democrat John Fetterman went on to defeat a Republican rival in 2022 after struggling through a debate several months after experiencing a stroke.Biden's gambleBiden바카라 게임 웹사이트�s 2024 reelection campaign was always based on a gamble that voters would ultimately support an 81-year-old lifelong politician with weak approval ratings in a rematch that few Americans want. Despite such liabilities, Biden's team insisted that he was uniquely positioned to stop Trump from returning to the White House 바카라 게임 웹사이트� just as he did four years ago.They have long predicted that Biden's winning political coalition would eventually embrace the Democratic president after being sufficiently reminded of Trump's chaotic leadership. But there were little signs of such confidence in the wake of Biden's underwhelming debate performance.바카라 게임 웹사이트�It was a slow start. That바카라 게임 웹사이트�s obvious to everyone. I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m not going to debate that point,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Vice President Kamala Harris said on CNN after the debate. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m talking about the choice in November. I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m talking about one of the most important elections in our collective lifetime.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Biden's surrogates were slow to enter the post-debate spin room in Atlanta. And when they finally emerged, they largely avoided questions from the press. Instead, they railed against Trump's long list of falsehoods during the debate. Among other things, Trump didn't disavow those who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.California Gov. Gavin 온라인 바카라 게임om, a potential future presidential candidate who was Biden's most prominent surrogate in the Atlanta spin room, urged Democrats not to panic.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I think it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s unhelpful. And I think it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s unnecessary. We바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve got to go in, we바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve got to keep our heads high," 온라인 바카라 게임om said in an interview on MSNBC. "We바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve got to have the back of this president. You don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t turn back because of one performance. What kind of party does that?바카라 게임 웹사이트�Signs of anxietyStill, signs of anxiety were apparent as Democrats began to openly encourage the party to find an alternative to Biden. Some party officials pointed to a social media post from former Obama campaign aide Ravi Gupta.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Every Democrat I know is texting that this is bad,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Gupta wrote on X. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Just say it publicly and begin the hard work of creating space in the convention for a selection process. I바카라 게임 웹사이트�ll vote for a corpse over Trump, but this is a suicide mission.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Under current Democratic Party rules, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to replace Biden as the party's nominee without his cooperation or without the party officials being willing to rewrite its rules at the August national convention.The president won the overwhelming majority of Democratic delegates during the state-by-state primary process. And party rules state, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�Delegates elected to the national convention pledged to a presidential candidate shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them.바카라 게임 웹사이트�But DNC rules don바카라 게임 웹사이트�t have the same strict 바카라 게임 웹사이트�faithless delegate바카라 게임 웹사이트� rules that the RNC does, which ignore votes against in violation of a delegate바카라 게임 웹사이트�s pledged position.Republicans, meanwhile, were giddy about Biden's lackluster performance. But Trump's co-campaign chief dismissed chatter about whether Democrats would try to nominate someone other than Biden.바카라 게임 웹사이트�There바카라 게임 웹사이트�s so many political experts on X, so we바카라 게임 웹사이트�ll hear a lot from them, I바카라 게임 웹사이트�m sure, in the next few days because they바카라 게임 웹사이트�ve all run so many campaigns,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Chris LaCivita said sarcastically. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�But the only way that happens is if Joe Biden voluntarily steps down, and he바카라 게임 웹사이트�s not going to do that.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Thursday바카라 게임 웹사이트�s debate may be imprinted on voters' minds for the foreseeable future with Biden and Trump not scheduled to meet on the debate stage again for another 75 days.LaCavita said Trump would be at the next debate 바카라 게임 웹사이트�with bells on.바카라 게임 웹사이트� Biden campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz confirmed that Biden would also attend the rematch.But privately, Biden advisers suggested that the campaign was never going to be won or lost in one rally, conversation or debate. They pointed to plans to maintain an aggressive schedule in the weeks and months ahead.On Friday, Biden was scheduled to campaign in North Carolina while Harris was in Nevada.Still, Biden supporters struggled to find any hope in the immediate aftermath of the debate.바카라 게임 웹사이트�That was the worst performance in the history of televised presidential debates,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Tim Miller, a former Republican strategist-turned ardent Biden supporter, said in the spin room, shaking his head in disbelief.___Miller reported from Washington. AP writers Bill Barrow and Darlene Superville in Atlanta; Jill Colvin in New York and Lisa Mascaro in Washington contributed.