Should Biden drop out and the Dems have an open convention?

I haven't read the replies, and probably won't since I don't usually even open political threads. But for some reason I couldn't help it on this one.  

My question is why should we -- "we" meaning general "we", i.e., anyone in the USA -- equate a poor showing on one debate with being a bad president? Yes it seems he had a bad debate (although I can't imagine the Orange One was any better, except that his followers are stupid sheep and don't care what he says or how he says it). But that doesn't mean he is or will be a bad president. Yes, he's too old, in my opinion. And yes of course he's 100% a better choice than trump. I don't understand why we just jump immediately to "replace him" after one debate. 

This is not a great plan. Harris, for many, is the reason to vote for Trump, even if they hate Trump. I fully believe Biden will not make it long, and his VP will be who we are voting for. I wish Pete B was his VP!

Yes, we’re all aware that Harris’ race and gender are what make Biden unpalatable to certain people. She’s a black woman who doesn’t “know her place” so they have an instinctive dislike of her, though they generally cannot name a single policy position she holds that they object to.

THIS X 1000!  The only thing replacing President Biden as the Democratic nominee at this point in time would accomplish is to guarantee that trump is elected.

No. Biden should have not run again and left it open to someone else. We are now stuck with him.

But this narrative didn't originate with the Trumpers. Just because the Trumpers will continue with their candidate, no matter what the cost, doesn't mean we need to follow their lead.

The Economist: Leader - "Joe Biden should now give way to an alternative candidate"

New York Times Editorial Board - "To Serve his Country, Biden should now leave the race"

I am happy to be "stuck" with him.  Cheers to Trump never being in the WH again!

Right. The NYT has never helped Trump by publishing endless negative articles about Hillary’s emails or questioning Biden’s age, while burying stories about Trump’s crimes on page 13.

Liberals are dumping their subscriptions in droves. That editorial board is the worst kind of wolf in a whole herd of sheep’s clothing.

after the supreme court just justified an imperial presidency, we must campaign harder for all democrats.. at all levels.

Absolutely, he should step down. We have only a few weeks to fix the mess he created by insisting on running again. His reasoning seemed to be that he was the only one who could beat Trump. Never going to happen. He was losing in the polls - especially in swing states - before the debate. The situation will only get worse as Republicans have all that footage from the debate to run over and over between the convention and election day... and they will.

Does anyone really believe that Biden has another 4 1/2 years in him? He accomplished his mission of getting us past Covid plus a great deal of his agenda. He needs to retire with dignity. I can't believe anyone close to him wants to see him disintegrate in public. To think he will bounce back and never have a repeat of Thursday evening in public is a fantasy. I've been around enough 80 something year old men to know the minefield of problems they have to navigate.

We have an opportunity to find a candidate that undecided voters can embrace. So far, many voters don't like either Trump or Biden. They want change. Voters always want change and the democratic party can give it to them. The NYTimes outlined a process for doing this that I believe will work. I think it should be one of the governors of a swing state, possibly with Harris still as VP.

And voters will consider that and decide whether they want Harris to become President.  Since she has a worse approval rating than Biden, she isn't going to win him many votes.  Whether deserved or not, she isn't an asset to undecided voters. Apparently the party isn't going to do what they did in FDR's last term - replace the VP.  They are leaving everything up to Biden.

I love Joe Biden, but he isn't FDR. And we live in a very different world than 1944.

Many in the general public do not view Kamala Harris as an adequate successor. So what then? 

Or King Biden could just pull what trump tried and not leave. As an "it's best for the country official act." (WTAF!!!)
Elections be damned could be next.

I'm not at all okay with a Trump 2nd term which is exactly why Biden must be replaced.  As I said, a governor of a swing state would be far better than Biden at this point - Whitmer or Shapiro.  Yes, there are problems with every candidate, but we can win with a younger, energetic moderate Democrat.  We can not win with the current ticket. 

Leaving Biden on the ticket is what is saying Yes to a Trump 2nd term.