Fourteen days after his disastrous debate, President Joe Biden is still in the race for reelection. Multiple elected Democrats, New York Times editorial writers and columnists, and Democratic Party megadonors — “elites,” sneers the perceptive David Dayen — have called on him to step aside. A secret ballot of congressional Democrats, the procedure under which they choose their own party leaders, would surely go against Biden, probably by a wide margin.

But Biden is staying in. He has strong support from Jill Biden, for whom the Marine Band has been playing a new “Fanfare for the First Lady,” and his son Hunter Biden, and perhaps weaker support from 55% of Democratic voters, according to a CBS poll.