 According to Jonathan Allen, Natasha Karecki and Carol Lee, quote, several of President Joe Biden's closest allies, including three people directly involved in efforts to reelect him, told NBC News they now see his chances of winning as zero, not close to zero, zero. And the likelihood of him taking down fellow Democratic candidates growing. He needs to drop out. One Biden campaign official said he will never recover from this. For two weeks, Biden has struggled to stabilize his campaign following a late June debate debacle.