The fallout from a worst-case-scenario debate showing for President Joe Biden may have stalled — if for the moment — Thursday evening during his first solo press conference in eight months. Biden answered questions from reporters at the conclusion of a three-day NATO Summit in Washington, D.C. — a performance that a Northeastern University political scientist says may have “stopped the bleeding, at least for now.”
“His responses to questions were more crisp in recent days, but still not razor-sharp,” says Costas Panagopoulos, head of Northeastern’s political science department. “Clearly the president is lucid and coherent, even if he is not as quick and sharp-edged as he has been in the past.” “Overall, stronger and better, if not amazing,” he adds. “Supporters probably breathed a sigh of relief, but there was little to dissuade detractors.”
