 Joe Manchin is apparently threatening to break with Biden. Senior Democrats had to intervene, quote, is the Washington Post. As panic and confusion over President Biden's faltering debate performance swept the ranks of Democratic lawmakers late last week, Senator Manchin informed a few key allies he would soon break from Biden in an interview on a Sunday news show, a high-profile defection that would underscore the president's weakness. Democrats feared that Manchin would call for Biden to step aside. If he did, the senator would then become the first prominent elected official allied with the party to call for Biden to exit the race.