The American political landscape has again demonstrated that a day in politics can be a lifetime, as fortunes and predictions can turn very unexpectedly.Such was the case over the weekend when President Joe Biden, under tremendous pressure from within his own political camp, decided it was time to abandon his plan to contest the presidency at the age of 81.There was panic in the Democratic Party as Biden, despite all that he had achieved in the last four years, seemed incapable of leading the kind of vigorous campaign required over the next five months to stave off a return of Donald Trump to the White House.No matter how it was explained or messaged since his abysmal debate performance against Trump, there was no denying that Biden was not as physically or mentally ready to challenge a wily candidate like Trump who has a long history of untruths.