“Biden’s performance was so bad, so awful, the way I look at it as a reporter, there must be some explanation,”. “What really happened? He was preparing for this a long time, he knew it was consequential, and then it was this bad.”, argued this explanation shouldn’t “come out in some book” in the future, but that the public needs it “now” — and likened Biden’s performance to a “political hydrogen bomb.”“Well, it’s inevitable,” said Woodward when Melber broke the news on-air.
Noting Biden must have been “holed up for days” to prepare for the debate, Woodward said he didn’t want “to speculate on possible explanations” for the president’s performance — but said that question is what journalists should focus on answering.