Quite so , even though Biden was obviously in mental decline CNN commentators and contributors used the phrase "sharp as a tack" to describe Joe Biden at various points. During a June 2024 segment on CNN News Central, former Republican strategist Ana Navarro, a Biden supporter, described him as "sharp as a tack" while defending his mental acuity ahead of the presidential debate. Similarly, in an April 2024 interview on Fareed Zakaria GPS, actor Michael Douglas, prompted by Zakaria, said he’d heard from people that Biden was "sharp as a tack," a claim Zakaria did not challenge. Earlier, in February 2024, Democratic strategist Paul Begala told Anderson Cooper that people who’d worked with Biden found him "totally focused" and "very sharp," aligning with the narrative CNN often platformed.