text:  It's Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Ian Martinez in Los Angeles, California. And I'm Sasha Pfeiffer in Washington, D.C. Good morning. The Democratic Party has spent two weeks now agonizing over President Biden's distressing debate performance. Biden says he will not drop out. But more Democratic politicians and more big campaign donors are asking him to step aside. And yesterday, actor George Clooney, who has helped raise millions for the Biden campaign, wrote in The New York Times that he loves Joe Biden.