General Discussion

Rather than honestly seeking to do what is best for the country. (That framing is still going on.) Doing what is best for the country sometimes requires putting personal interests and loyalties to a person or a personal goal aside - as Biden ultimately did. It also requires us to view this not as personal animosity or attacks on a person (that he doesn't deserve based on his past service), but as a conversation about what is needed for our country now.

As I said earlier, I thought the time for this decision passed when Biden decided to run for a second term.

That has changed in the last couple of days. I know that I saw enough that, in light of my experience with my spouse (with diagnosed cognitive issues) to be concerned. And, as I've started to say in the last couple of days - despite the risk of having posts hidden, because of that experience I trust those with personal experience with Biden (those in his inner circle, or those who have worked with him over the years in Congress) to have a better sense of what his current capabilities are than those of us on the outside. I don't know what those who know, and have worked with, Biden have seen recently to get them over the high hill to encourage him to step down at this stage. But whatever it is, pushed me to the position that, even at this late stage Biden needed to step down.

But, of course, saying that here was forbidden.