Editorial: The New York Times

• President Biden has repeatedly and correctly described the stakes in the presidential election as nothing less than the future of American democracy.
• Donald Trump has proved to be a significant threat to that democracy, systematically undermining election integrity.
• Biden has argued that he is the candidate best able to face this threat and defeat it.
• Biden has had difficulty explaining what he would achieve in a second term.
• The greatest public service Biden can currently offer is to announce that he will not continue to run for re-election.
• Americans are seeking fresh voices to take on Trump.
• The Republican Party has been co-opted by Trump's ambitions.
• The burden of offering a strong candidate falls on the Democratic Party.

Conclusion: The clearest path for Democrats to defeat a candidate defined by his lies is to deal truthfully with the American public: acknowledge that Biden can't continue his race, and create a process to select someone more capable to stand in his place to defeat Trump in the upcoming election.

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