David Axelrod , a CNN commentator and former senior advisor to President Barack Obama , predicted that Joe Biden is more likely to lose the 2024 election by a landslide than narrowly win following his disastrous debate performance.

Tom Brady won a Super Bowl three years ago, and hes out of football, OK? Why? Doesnt detract from his greatness or what hes done, Axelrod, a chief strategist for Obamas 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns, said on CNN Sunday .

Its just there are certain immutable facts of life, and those were painfully obvious on that debate stage, and the president just doesnt seem to ... he hasnt come to grips with it, he added.

Hes not winning this race. Hes more likely, if you just look at the data and talk to people around the country, political people around the country, its more likely that hell lose by a landslide than win narrowly this race. And if the stakes are as large as he says and I believe they are then he really needs to consider what the right thing to do here is.

In an op-ed published by CNN on Saturday, Axelrod wrote that Bidens Friday interview on ABC failed to quell the panic that has gripped the Democratic Party since the June 27 debate.

During the interview with ABCs George Stephanopoulos, Biden insisted hes fit to run and would not exit the race unless the Lord Almighty came down and told him to. He also dismissed polls showing him lagging behind former President Donald Trump by 2 to 6 percentage points nationally.

Axelrod characterized Bidens responses as: Denial. Delusion. Defiance.

A growing chorus of Democrats around the country, including several members of Congress, have called on the president to step down so that a younger candidate can take on Trump in November after his stumbling performance on the debate stage.