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<em>The Atlantic</em> Politics Daily: If Democrats Can’t Win Over Will Hurd

Can they win over any other Republican? Plus, what Joe Biden can’t bring himself to say.

It’s Thursday, November 21. In today’s newsletter: What Joe Biden can’t bring himself to say. Plus, what about the moderate Republicans?

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(Mark Peckmezian)

Joe Biden’s seemingly never-ending series of verbal stumbles—most recently on display at Wednesday night’s Democratic debate—have led to breathless punditry that the 77-year-old is losing it.

But what if there’s another reason, one that he can’t bring himself to acknowledge?

My colleague John Hendrickson, one of our senior editors for politics, sat down with Biden earlier this year for one

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