This is not August 1974, when Barry Goldwater and other senators came to Nixon.
As a campaign speech it was muscular, even for Bidens usual teleprompter enhanced delivery.
It was a strong speech, but it almost didnt matter what the president said.

President Joe BidenSaul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
His answers may surprise you.
George Clooneys bombshellNew York Timesop-ed this weekwas the latest sign that many in Hollywood are abandoning Biden.
As they used to say, its all about the Benjamins.

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