The US Democratic National Committee is considering the possibility of officially nominated Joe Biden as a presidential candidate in the November elections already in mid-July, i.e. before the party congress in August, reported the "Bloomberg" agency, citing its sources.
"According to sources familiar with the matter, (...) Biden's potential nomination date is July 21, when a virtual meeting of the Democratic Party's congressional nominating committee will be held,'' the statement said.
p>It noted that the move was intended to "ensure the president would be on the ballot for the November election and also help quell intra-party talk of replacing him after last week's failed debate" .
This will allow the party to "continue to rally around its candidate, even when insiders call for him to give up his seat to another,", the agency said.
The incumbent won about 99% of his party's delegate vote in the 2024 primaries, which "gave him enormous influence among the party establishment".
As CNN reported a day ago, "more than two dozen senior Democratic Party officials, politicians and donors associated with Biden and many others most commonly seen as potential Biden replacements (...) say , that they are scared by almost any scenario: the Biden nomination, the Vice President nomination Kamala Harris, the nomination of someone else.
"Bloomberg" recalled that Biden spent the weekend raising campaign funds in New York and New Jersey, assuring donors that he was ready to run for a second term.
However, polls have shown that Biden's re-election efforts have been complicated by voters' concerns about his age and his ability to run for a second term.
The editorial board of the "New York Times" previously said that Biden's debate with former US President Donald Trump showed that the Democratic Party should look for a replacement for Biden.
"The most obvious path for the Democrats (...) is for the American public to speak honestly and admit that Mr. Biden cannot continue his campaign and begin the process of electing someone better able to take over his seat to defeat Mr. Trump in November," the paper said.
The CBS News/YouGov poll shows that after Biden's apparent defeat in the debates, 72 percent of registered voters do not believe Biden has the mental and cognitive health to be president, up from 65 percent earlier this month.