Joe Biden face-planted in one of the highest stakes moments of his political life — igniting widespread concerns among Democrats about his fitness as a candidate.
Debating former President Donald Trump with a raspy voice, wandering eyes, pallid complexion and a halting delivery, Biden’s performance was at times unintelligible. And though Trump blustered through his own answers with falsehoods, there was one defining issue: Biden’s age.
Is there any argument that Biden didn’t lose this debate? And just how bad was it for him?
How will the debate change the trajectory of the race?
What’s the one moment each candidate will regret, and what will we remember about this debate a year from now?