Should the Democrats ditch Biden? LBC callers give their verdict

US President Joe Biden has faced calls to quit as the Democrat nominee on Friday morning after a disastrous TV debate with Donald Trump ahead of the 2024 presidential election. LBC callers give their view: 00:00 Caller Daniel thinks Trump is ‘so abysmal’ that Biden is still the better choice. 08:00 Caller Tony thinks Biden needs some slack because of his stutter. 14:01 Caller Nick says people are judging Biden on just one debate. 16:36 Caller Shahid says Biden wasn’t well rested enough to perform. Mr Biden, 81, and Mr Trump, 78, clashed on a variety of issues, but it was the US President's rambling and at times incoherent performance which took centre stage on Thursday night. He appeared to forget what he was trying to say on several occasions, and at times spoke incomprehensibly - with his own Democrat colleagues expressing deep concern in the aftermath. This was like a champion boxer who gets in the ring past his prime and needs his corner to throw in the towel," one said as they called for Biden to step down. David Plouffe, a longtime Democrat campaign strategist, said the debate was a "Defcon 1 moment". He told CNBC: "They’re three years apart. They seemed about 30 years apart tonight. "And I think that’s going to be the thing that voters really wrestle with coming out of this." David Axelrod, who was a top White House and campaign official for former President Barack Obama, said on CNN that there was "a sense of shock" about Biden's performance. "How his voice sounded. He seemed a little disoriented. There are going to be discussions about whether he should continue". It would be difficult and very unusual for the Democrats to find a new nominee ahead of the convention, which begins on August 19. The convention is when the party officially chooses its nominee ahead of the actual election in November. Current Democrat officials and politicians have publicly rallied around Biden despite his poor performance. Gavin Newsom, the California governor whom many Democrats tout as a possible replacement, said that the party "could not be more wholly unified behind Biden". Listen to the full show on Global Player: https://app.af.globalplayer.com/Br0x/... #iaindale #joebiden #donaldtrump #LBC LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup