Crash Course: MSNBC in disarray: Biden's debate crisis meets liberal self-delusion

Democrats' house network circles the wagons around Joe Biden, risking its last vestiges of credibility Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRobPo7P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNGpwaW1wenFiby8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9dDcxZ2xvYjc2bCZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmfTx1imYMQk6FUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRobPo7P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYzRyazBoMno1Yi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9dDcxZ2xvYjc2bFcDc3BjQgpmfTx1imYMQk6FUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRobPo7P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZzE1bHV5eG1ycS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9dDcxZ2xvYjc2bFcDc3BjQgpmfTx1imYMQk6FUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRobPo7P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbXgxdHl4aDQ3OS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9dDcxZ2xvYjc2bFcDc3BjQgpmfTx1imYMQk6FUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRobPo7P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcXllM25yZm5nMy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9dDcxZ2xvYjc2bFcDc3BjQgpmfTx1imYMQk6FUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRobPo7P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNmJ5a3RzMmIxZi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9dDcxZ2xvYjc2bFcDc3BjQgpmfTx1imYMQk6FUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~ Biden's debate crisis meets liberal self-delusion From David Masciotra: MSNBC's collective delusions, and those of the liberal intelligentsia that it represents, are partially responsible for the crisis now facing the United States. Before the debate, Wallace, Maddow and others repeatedly insisted that no one could possibly present a better case against Donald Trump than Joe Biden. Without a sodium pentothal test, it's impossible to judge their sincerity, but does anyone really think those commentators truly believed that Biden was better prepared to take on Trump than, just for example, Vice President Kamala Harris or Gov. Whitmer or Sen. Raphael Warnock? 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