 that rebutted the president's defense of his candidacy in recent days, the editorial board explicitly urged Democratic leadership to publicly call for Biden to step aside and coalesce around a new nominee in order to defeat former President Donald Trump. The board described the current whisper campaign, in quotes, in the party as an inadequate attempt to convince Biden to withdraw, calling him not only defiant and floundering, but a man in decline, trying to circumvent the reality that he is a damaged candidate.