 But that won't work either. Not long term, because everyone saw the debate or since has seen pieces of it. And the image of a debilitated president has burned its way into the American brain. And there's no erasing it. A big part of the president's personal mythos and it's shared by all of Biden world is that the guy's a survivor. He always pulls through. You knock him down, he gets back up. An inner belief like that can get you far, encourage you.