President Joe Biden arrives at a news conference in the White House on July 1, 2024.Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College President Joe Biden is strongly reaffirming his commitment to stay in the presidential race – despite a growing number of calls from politicians and voters for him to step down, following a highly criticized debate performance in June 2024. After Biden said in an ABC news interview that only “the Lord Almighty” could convince him to drop out, he wrote a letter on July 8 to congressional Democrats declaring that “I am firmly committed to staying in thi…