"The Sharp Axe: Biden's Age and Election Concerns"

President Biden's private use of an epithet to describe David Axelrod, the strategist who helped elevate him onto the ticket with Barack Obama in 2008, is seen as a bad move. Axelrod had urged Biden to consider stopping at one term and leaving as a hero, which drew the president's ire. There are concerns within the Democratic Party over Biden's age and a generational fracture, as well as Trump's potential influence in the 2024 election. Biden's flash of anger suggests he may be in denial about the political challenges he faces, and he should listen to the advice of his party's sharpest minds rather than engaging in petty feuds.