Gov. Healey yesterday went further than most other Dems in suggesting that Biden  consider withdrawing. But “carefully evaluate” isn’t the same as “irretrievable,” a word usage that remains a mystery. … Adrian Walker thinks Healey seems ambivalent. Or as a friend told me: “I agree with you that the Governor’s ‘irretrievable’ is an ambiguous choice of words. Also suspect that was an unambiguous choice to be ambiguous.”

The local media really needs to press Gov. Healey on this one. The governor has reportedly told President Biden’s chief of staff that the president’s political position was “irretrievable” after last week’s debate disaster, as the NYT reported and as the Globe has since confirmed. … Her comment can mean a number of things. What exactly is “irretrievable”? His image? His chances of winning?  Should he stay in the race? Leave the race? … My hunch is she thinks the debate damage is too great to overcome, suggesting he may need to step aside. But we just don’t know. And she probably won’t say what she really thinks even if asked.

BTW: Her opinion is significantly more important than the opinion of U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, who has called for the president to withdraw from the race. Keep in mind Moulton also asked Nancy Pelosi to step down as House speaker way back when. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise he’s again calling for a Dem elder to step aside.

I loved this line from a friend regarding the Biden mess: “Honestly, this is shaping up like 1968, where Johnson quit the race because he couldn’t win, then the Dems lost anyway.” … I hate to say it, but he’s probably right. I see Dems losing no matter what Biden decides.

Meanwhile, the should-he-or-shouldn’t-he debate continues. Allan Lichtman at the Hill thinks it would be “foolhardy nonsense” for Dems to replace Biden at this point. Yet Nate Silver at the NYT thinks sticking with Biden is the ‘riskiest plan of all’ for Dems.

Wyc may be selling his share of the Celtics. But Steve isn’t. And that’s highly encouraging. … Btw: Pagliuca also is a co-owner and chairman of Italy’s Atalanta football club, making him one of four local billionaires who own multiple pro-sports teams around the world. Of course there’s John Henry and Bob Kraft. But can you name the fourth?

Look at the photo accompanying this Globe link. Is it really humane to encourage people to come to Massachusetts, via the state’s “right to shelter” law, when their living accommodations include children sleeping on the floors at Logan Airport? … Gov. Healey is admirably trying to put a stop to, or at least a limit on, this highly misguided shelter policy. 

You have to read this to believe it. He’s a Bolshevik of the right. Everything is about power and might.

From industrial space to offices to now (possibly) apartments, the old ‘Boston Wharf Co.’ building in Boston’s Fort Point has seen it all. Let’s hope the iconic sign survives the latest conversion.

Why not? It’s only a fantasy draft. … Fyi: She’s not on the Post and NYT lists.

The Biden family is out of it.

Can you imagine Fox News ever calling on Donald Trump to step aside for the good of the party and the nation? No. But that’s exactly what the NYT just did with Joe Biden, asking that he step aside for the good of the party and the nation. … It’s another example of how the GOP and Democratic Party — and their main media allies – differ these days, one side pandering to its extreme elements while the other is at least trying to self-police its ranks.

Update – Add the Atlanta Constitution to media outlets urging Biden to step aside. But the Philadelphia Inquirer is taking a different tack, something I missed first time around and got wrong. It’s basically mocking the NYT’s call for Biden to step aside. . … Of course, he’s not going to step aside.