'Can't continue his race': New York Times Editorial Board asks Biden to retire early

A day after crashing and burning on the debate stage, The New York Times Editorial Board called for President Joe Biden to do his duty to the country and tap out.

"The president appeared on Thursday night as the shadow of a great public servant," writes the prominent paper's board piece titled "To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race" that was published on Friday evening. "He struggled to explain what he would accomplish in a second term. He struggled to respond to Mr. Trump’s provocations. He struggled to hold Mr. Trump accountable for his lies, his failures and his chilling plans. More than once, he struggled to make it to the end of a sentence."

The paper's board noted that Biden didn't have the stamina or the stuff to match his counterpart as the contest nears November 5.

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"The clearest path for Democrats to defeat a candidate defined by his lies is to deal truthfully with the American public: acknowledge that Mr. Biden can’t continue his race, and create a process to select someone more capable to stand in his place to defeat Mr. Trump in November."

It came as Biden tried to band-aid his performance while stumping in Raleigh, North Carolina.

"I don't debate as well as I used to," he belted. "I don't walk as easy as I used to," he said. "I don't speak as well as I used to. I don't debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do well: I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong and I know how to do this job. And I know how to get things done."

The Times' unforgiving report card given to Biden for his attempt to meet the moment and show out in Atlanta against Trump followed Raw Story's own editorial, bluntly titled: "Joe Biden Must Drop Out."

The independent site drove home that the president is "no longer up to the challenge of securing the nation's future as a robust democracy."