 Worse yet, the drumbeat for Biden to leave the top of the ticket really hit home Saturday, with large protests outside the White House itself from self-proclaimed Democrats urging him to end his run for re-election. Summing up the rift, Virginia's Jerry Connolly, who told the New York Times, we have to cauterize this wound right now, and the sooner we can do it, the better. A sentiment shared by many in party leadership privately, who continue to insist publicly that they're riding with Biden for now.