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To Woo Trump, VP Contenders Show Off Their Rich Friends
Vice-presidential hopefuls are posturing as part of a bid to highlight their ties to wealthy donors.
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Vice-presidential hopefuls are posturing as part of a bid to highlight their ties to wealthy donors.
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With countless calls and a rush of campaign events, the president’s team began a damage-control effort to pressure and plead with anxious Democratic lawmakers, surrogates, activists and donors.
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The former president faced a similar crisis of confidence in his re-election campaign after a bad debate performance in 2012, and he defended his former running mate in a social media post.
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The MSNBC host Joe Scarborough urged him to consider dropping out. So did other pundits the president had long viewed as his strongest allies in the news media.
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An unsteady debate performance by President Biden has scrambled the thinking among some donors about whether the party needs to find an alternative.
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Supporters of both candidates were at the debate to sell their version of reality. One group seemed to have an easier time with it.
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Supporters who gathered at an Atlanta hotel cheered President Biden’s performance even as Democratic leaders elsewhere were voicing concern and distress.
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The anchors mostly receded into the background on Thursday night. That was exactly what CNN leadership had in mind.
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In a tense interview, Vice President Kamala Harris defended President Biden’s record in office and downplayed the moments during the debate where he faltered.
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Democrats found President Biden’s performance disconcerting, while Republicans were in a jubilant mood. Swing voters were flummoxed.
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In a testy, personal clash, President Biden failed to ease worries about his age, Donald Trump forcefully made his case (with wild claims and exaggerations) and the moderators held their fact-checking fire.
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The former president’s remarks onstage, repeated often on the campaign trail, were striking with his opponent standing a few feet away.
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The independent presidential candidate answered the same questions that the CNN hosts asked of former President Donald J. Trump and President Biden.
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President Biden needed to calm concerns about his age and mental acuity. Instead, he inflamed them, raising questions about whether he could carry on as the Democratic nominee.
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