'Failure is not an option': Joe Scarborough questions if Biden is 'up to the job'

Reflecting on Thursday night's presidential debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough suggested the president may "not be up to the job" after his halting performance.

On Friday morning, a grim-faced "Morning Joe" panel uniformly expressed dismay at Biden's performance, with Scarborough pronouncing it "tragic."

Addressing the panel, Scarborough began, "Well, I think I should start by saying, without any apologies, that I love Joe Biden and Jill, and I will gladly debate anybody anytime, anyplace, anywhere, over the issue of whether Joe Biden has been the most effective president, passing bipartisan legislation, expanding NATO, in responding to the rising threat coming from China, by flexing America's strength around China, by having the strongest economy in the world, bar none, the strongest economy, actually, relative to the rest of the world in 50, 60, 70 years, the strongest dollar in half a century, the strongest military relative to the rest of the world. I would argue, and many others would argue, since 1945."

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Having said that, he later added, "We talked about the Goldwater, Barry Goldwater, to walk over and tell Richard Nixon it was over... Now, the question is, do Democrats need to do the same thing of Joe Biden? I mean, these are hard questions, but the fact is, friends, failure is just not an option. In 2024, failure is not an option."

"I think what surprised me, and what surprised a lot of people very close to Joe Biden, is the fact that this man always rises to the occasion," he continued. "Last night was, sadly for him, and I believe for Democrats and this country, and, again, if you believe what's at stake in this election is what we believe is at stake, I'll even use the word tragically, he tragically did not rise to the occasion last night."

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