DEMOCRATIC LEADERS: BIDEN’S TOO OLD, BUT WE WON’T SAY SO.

Republican officials were reluctant to criticize Donald Trump when he launched his first re-election effort, even though party elites barely tolerated him, because their voters overwhelmingly favored the former president. Democrats today reflect the mirror image: polls indicate many of their voters want a new nominee but few lawmakers say as much because it could create awkwardness with their fellow leaders, who don’t want to speak out. . . .

“It’s fear, plain and simple,” Phillips explained of both the lack of Democratic officials calling for a new nominee and reluctance of other candidates to step forward. “People are focused on self-preservation and their aspirations.”

“People are focused on self-preservation and their aspirations.” Of course they are; it’s not like they’re focused on the good of the country or anything. And nobody wants Kamala.