 Nick Eineli, WTOP News. Democrats are doing some political soul-searching in the wake of the debate, and President Biden's disappointing performance, WTOP's Mitchell Miller, has today on the Hill. Some Democrats say the president should not take part in another debate, which is scheduled for September, arguing there's little to gain. Congressman Benny Thompson, the ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, says if he does debate, he needs to do so under different rules.