In the aftermath of Thursday¡¯s presidential debate, as Jill Biden led President Joe Biden off the stage, former Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, raised what she called a ¡°hard and heartbreaking¡± question.

¡°You have to ask,¡¯¡¯ she said on MSNBC, ¡°how did we get here?¡±

Barely seven weeks before Democrats gather in Chicago to formally nominate Biden for a second term, the Democratic Party is in crisis.