Tom Del Beccaro: Democrats panicking about Biden again ? here's why

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said “that the target audience for the Democratic National Convention this week was `white moderates’ and that the Democratic Party could have done more to cater to the party’s base.” She also panned potential moderation in spending by Biden advisers.Sanders agreed with her by stating “They should have had more progressives speaking.” Mark those words, if Biden loses this fall, AOC and Bernie will say the party didn’t nominate a true believer and that was the cause of their defeat.Then Hillary Clinton chimed in.During the middle of the Republican Convention, Clinton admonished Biden to “not concede under any circumstances.” A major party leader talking of concession is the diametrically opposite of political confidence.Then it was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s turn to panic.Pelosi, D-Calif., declared, “out of the blue,” that “I don’t think that there should be any debates,” in a clear attempt to protect Biden from losing to President Trump.Keep in mind that presidential debates have become a staple of elections since the 1960s. In a poll taken by CBS/YouGov, after the Democrat Convention, President Trump raced to a 10% lead among Independents.If Biden takes Pelosi’s advice and ducks the debates with Trump, he will be regarded now, and by history, as gutless.As I have written before for Fox, our parties are so divided, in what I call The Divided Era, that there is little crossover voting between the parties. That dynamic places a premium on major party enthusiasm (another Biden weakness) and how Independents will vote.If a CBS poll gives Trump that big of a lead, even before the Republican Convention started, the Democrat Party leaders have good reason to panic.Biden’s polling troubles don’t end there, however.The latest Rasmussen poll is consistent with the CBS poll.All of that brings us back to Pelosi stating there should be no debates.