Biden expounds on policy while his party frets over his delivery

For nearly an hour Thursday night, President Joe Biden faced reporters and spooled out ideas shaped by a half-century in elected office.

WASHINGTON — For nearly an hour Thursday night, President Joe Biden faced reporters and spooled out ideas shaped by a half-century in elected office.

He spoke about gun violence and taxes, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s economic leverage over Europe.

But at this perilous point in Biden’s candidacy, policy positions aren’t necessarily what his audience needed to hear.

As he struggles to recover from his debate performance last month, Biden is being judged less on the substance of his answers than on the style and clarity of his delivery.

Democratic leaders are considering whether to force him off the ticket. To stanch the rebellion, Biden, 81, needs to prove that he can speak in the crisp, confident tones that voters, or at least the members of his party, expect of a president.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-expounds-policy-party-frets-delivery-rcna161266

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