NBC News posted a piece late Wednesday night outlining the divided mind of Joe Biden. At times he believes all of the sturm und drang around his debate performance is BS. At others, he seems to acknowledge the depth of the political hole he has dug himself.
It’s a worthwhile read. But in it there are two paragraphs that suggest to me Biden is listening to the wrong people as he tries to survive the most trying time of his political career.
Here they are (bolding is mine):
Biden family members have privately pointed fingers at some of his longtime aides over his disastrous debate. They have discussed whether he should fire senior White House adviser Anita Dunn, for instance, and possibly even her husband, Bob Bauer, who is Biden’s personal lawyer, two people familiar with the matter said.
Dunn and Bauer were early backers of Biden’s 2020 campaign after they showed support for his running in 2016, which he ultimately declined to do. They were among the more than a dozen Biden aides who were involved in days of preparing him for last week’s debate, with Dunn playing a moderator and Bauer playing former President Donald Trump in mock debate sessions. For more than a year, both have drawn the ire of members of the Biden family over their views that Hunter Biden should maintain a lower profile in his approach to his legal troubles.
Uh, what? Dunn and Bauer are 100% right that Hunter Biden should maintain a low profile. And now we know Hunter is sitting in on White House meetings!
Narrowing your inner circle to just your family is rarely a recipe for surviving a political disaster.
I explain more in today’s edition of The Morning.
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