 Though Joe Biden's debate performance last week was among the most painful things I've ever witnessed, it at least seems to offer clarity. Suddenly, even many people who love this president realize that his campaign has become untenable. For years, loyal Democrats have been suppressing their private anxiety about Biden's decline and the debate's miserable aftermath. There was finally space to acknowledge the obvious. Biden is too old for this. Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced, James Baldwin wrote.