 Democratic leaders are defending President Biden after his disastrous debate against Donald Trump last week when Biden appeared halting, disjointed and often seemed to lose his train of thought. Prominent Democrats rejecting calls for the president to step aside include Biden's surrogates, Senators Raphael Warnock and Chris Coons, Congressmember Jim Clyburn and Maryland Governor Wes Moore. Democratic strategist David Axelrod wrote, quote,