 nearly two weeks after the disastrous debate performance set off a flurry of doubts about president joe biden's ability to run for president and govern for another four years more democrats and prominent supporters are going public with their concerns late yesterday senator peter welch of vermont said biden should withdraw quote for the good of the country becoming the first democratic senator to call on the president to withdraw former house speaker nancy pelosi said it's up to the president to decide if he's going to run and added that the decision needs to come quickly because quote time is running short