{"id":2285366,"date":"2024-06-28T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aides-point-fingers-over-prepared-when-what-he-needed-was-rest-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T13:16:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T17:16:31","slug":"biden-aides-point-fingers-over-prepared-when-what-he-needed-was-rest-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aides-point-fingers-over-prepared-when-what-he-needed-was-rest-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden aides point fingers: &#8216;Over-prepared when what he needed was rest&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-aides-point-fingers-over-prepared-when-what-he-needed-was-rest-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2285366&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The first presidential debate in Atlanta provided President Joe \u200dBiden with\u200b a chance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-ag-paxton-open-to-2020-election-audit\/\" title=\"Texas AG Paxton open to 2020 election audit\">reassure voters<\/a>. However, some are expressing concerns \u2062about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-epstein-employee-says-he-found-huge-sex-toy-in-epsteins-massage-room\/\" title=\"Former Epstein Employee Says He Found \u2018Huge\u2019 Sex Toy In Epstein\u2019s Massage Room\">extensive preparation<\/a> he underwent. Biden\u2064 was secluded from public view for seven days at Camp David prior to the debate. An insider from Biden&#8217;s team\u2063 reportedly told Axios that this intense preparation strategy\u200b might have backfired. \u2063According to a Biden adviser,\u2064 the focus was too much on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-the-left-proves-gina-caranos-point-by-canceling-her\/\" title=\"WALSH: The Left Proves Gina Carano\u2019s Point By Canceling Her\u00a0\">minor details<\/a> instead of projecting energy and\u200c vigor during the debate. \u2062The adviser felt that Biden was over-prepared and should have instead prioritized rest, describing \u2063the situation as \u2064confounding.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Thursday&rsquo;s first presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/debates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>debate<\/a> in Atlanta was President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s opportunity to put voters at ease, but reports suggest some people are questioning the amount of time he spent preparing for it.<\/p>\n<p>For seven days, Biden was not seen by the public as he was preparing for the debate at Camp David, which one person in Biden&rsquo;s circle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/28\/biden-trump-debate-defcon1-2024-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>Axios<\/em> came at his detriment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He was over-prepared and relying on minutiae when all that mattered was vigor and energy,&rdquo; a Biden adviser told the outlet. &ldquo;They prepared him for the wrong debate. He was over-prepared when what he needed was rest. It&rsquo;s confounding.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rather than proving Biden was ready to go toe-to-toe with former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and beat him a second time, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-aides-start-pointing-fingers-over-prepared-when-what-he-needed-was-rest-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden aides start pointing fingers: \u2018Over-prepared when what he needed was rest\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">stilted performance struck supporters<\/a> and critics alike as a showing of his vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n<p>At times speaking in a whisper, the 81-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-carville-slams-biden-decision-to-skip-super-bowl-interview\/\" title=\"Carville criticizes Biden&#039;s choice to skip Super Bowl interview\">president missed<\/a> his chance to ease voters&rsquo; concerns that his age wouldn&rsquo;t be an issue, according to Van Jones, a one-time adviser to then-President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Barack-Obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a> and a strong supporter of Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a good man, he loves his country, he&rsquo;s doing the best that he can,&rdquo; Jones said. &ldquo;But he had a chance &hellip; tonight to restore confidence of the country and of the base, and he failed to do that. And I think there are a lot of people who are going to want to see him take a different course now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>David Plouffe, Obama&rsquo;s campaign manager, said on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/MSNBC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>MSNBC<\/a> that Biden&rsquo;s performance was a &ldquo;DEFCON 1 moment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Even Vice President Kamala Harris said that the president had a &ldquo;slow start&rdquo; but said that he had finished strong.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Democrat strategists and analysts speak negatively about Biden&rsquo;s debate performance; there is no sign that Biden will be dropping out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>However, if Biden were to exit the race, it would put <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> on a time crunch to find a suitable candidate to replace him in the election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday&#8217;s presidential debate in Atlanta was seen as President Joe Biden&#8217;s chance to reassure voters. However, concerns arose about his extensive preparation time. 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