Democratic convention delegates largely say they’re loyal to Biden and balk at other options | CNN Politics

Delegates are increasingly closing ranks around Joe Biden , who is loath to consider any other option.

Delegates say the chaos surrounding the president's debate debacle is a distraction from the party's unifying aim.

Biden -aligned delegates expressed, often privately, a lack of confidence in the alternatives, arguing that Biden , for all the agita following the debate, remains a better bet than any of the names.

Six Democratic House members have publicly asked Biden to stand down from the presidential race.

Biden and his campaign began a blitz of personal outreach after the debate subsided.

They have hammered a public message that a faceless blob of Democratic “elites” is trying to step over the will of primary voters.

Geraci: “The most effective defense is a good, strong offense” Geraci also pointed to the 1944 election, when ailing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt campaigned aggressively to overcome public questions about his health.

The only way the convention is truly going be open is if Biden says, I’m not gonna run and I release my delegates,” Turner said.