Biden To Face "Red Hot" Press Conference Tonight

A true Washington psychodrama will unfold today a mile from the White House, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.A red-hot press corps — which feels ignored, used and deceived — will get its first true unfiltered crack at grilling President Biden, the most media-sheltered president of modern times.

"The dogs are loose," a Biden adviser told us.Biden, bitter over media coverage of his age and acuity, gets his shot at redemption — a chance to show the press and public he can think fast, handle the heat, and spar and speak improvisationally without glitching.

The stakes are even higher than during the first presidential debate. If Biden looks weak and wobbly, his Democratic critics will pounce and crank up resignation calls. If he looks strong and steady, the anti-Biden campaign could stall.

Biden's every word and move will be dissected, every mangled sentence scrutinized, every stiff move or mind freeze discussed.

Senior Democrats are increasingly bearish about the chances Biden stays at the top of the ticket. "I think this weekend is critical," said a former top government official. "I expect key conversations to happen at the end of the week after NATO. But the reality is setting in. The numbers are bad. The money is frozen.

The path isn't there."