 They're all calling for this. They're all surprised by what happened. The highly respected and liberal website The Atlantic published six articles on Friday, all arguing for and into the Biden candidacy. The Guardian. We are all a bit nervous about the debate, but no one thought it was going to be as bad as it was. Really? New York Times, after it told him to drop out of the presidential race following that debate on Friday, the editorial board wrote that Biden is not the man he was four years ago. Hmm.