After what was generally judged to be a disastrous performance by President Joe Biden in his first televised debate with Donald Trump in the 2024 cycle, national Democrats went into panic mode on Thursday night as only Democrats can do. Democratic strategist after Democratic strategist told reporters that America’s last hope was a brokered Democratic National Convention or, as one put it, for Biden to die. Texas Democrats, meanwhile, were pretty quiet, at least in public, where they mostly stuck to tweeting preapproved memes. With one exception: former San Antonio mayor and secretary of housing and urban development Julián Castro. “Tonight was completely predictable,” Castro said. He argued that it was a man-made disaster, rather than an act of God. “Biden had a very low bar…
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