Key George Clooney passage in his 7.10 N.Y. Times guest essay: “The one battle Joe Biden cannot win is the fight against time. Our party leaders need to stop telling us that 51 million people didn’t see what we just saw. We are not going to win in November with this president. On top of that, we won’t win the House, and we’re going to lose the Senate.

“This isn’t only my opinion; this is the opinion of every senator and congress member and governor that I’ve spoken with in private. Every single one, irrespective of what he or she is saying publicly.”