This morning the Biden campaign called another lid. This time announcing that Joe Biden will be AWOL from now until Thursday night’s debate. And, as they did last time Joe Biden went dark for a week, the reason given is “debate prep.”
But I’m thinking in this case “debate prep” probably means “Hide because LaptopGate is really bad and Joe isn’t equipped to deal with it.”
Or “debate prep” means “Lie low while the media does the work of covering Joe’s wrinkled old ass.”
What “Debate prep” doesn’t mean is “prepare for Thursday’s upcoming debate.”
President Trump will also be at Thursday’s debate, and he spent the weekend hopscotching around the country giving campaign rallies. And he has two rallies lined up in Arizona today.
Which is precisely what a candidate should be doing when the election is two weeks away.
For a normal candidate, calling a 3-day lid fifteen days out from the election is a stupid idea.
But it’s a terrific idea if your candidate is a near-senile, gaffe-prone hot-head with dementia and there’s a growing, campaign-killing scandal brewing.