The Democratic Party crisis after Biden's debate spirals with no clear ending

For more than two weeks now, the Democratic Party has been mired in crisis. And yet there is no sign that the threat to Joe Biden’s reelection is nearing a conclusion. The president has dug in even as a growing chorus of Democratic officials, donors and strategists calls for him to step aside. Donors and high-profile endorsers are repudiating Biden, morale inside and outside the campaign is weak, and some top Democrats are pondering whether to make a move against the embattled president. One of Biden’s allies privately described a cycle of alternating hope and despair in the style of the movie “Groundhog Day.” Republicans, meanwhile, are celebrating the chaos heading into their convention that starts Monday.