Nothing like burning bridges.......
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-...eqau2z4cc42&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
As we survey the flattened landscape of Mr. Biden’s ambitions at the one-year mark, it’s for all of us, not just frazzled White House staff to ask: What now?
The answer is obvious: He should do what he should have done a year ago. A little wisdom, some prudence and a grasp of elementary congressional arithmetic might have guided him to make genuine progress for an exhausted and fractured nation. Instead of trying to build ever more improbable progressive utopias in the clouds on the vaporous platform of a 50-50 Senate, he could have started—and could even now—start doing some of the things the American people would actually like to see him do. He could take boring, practical measures to address real challenges—getting us past the pandemic, cooling inflation, addressing crime in the cities and the crisis at the border—not the imaginary ones that fester in the revolutionary’s mind.
But it’s going to be much harder now. A year ago he had the political capital of a newly elected president with an approval rating that approached 60%. Having largely squandered that capital, what does he do to persuade vulnerable politicians in his own party—let alone anyone else—that they should support the goals of a president with 40% approval?
He could still push for bipartisan solutions, but his divisive first year makes it much harder.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-...eqau2z4cc42&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
As we survey the flattened landscape of Mr. Biden’s ambitions at the one-year mark, it’s for all of us, not just frazzled White House staff to ask: What now?
The answer is obvious: He should do what he should have done a year ago. A little wisdom, some prudence and a grasp of elementary congressional arithmetic might have guided him to make genuine progress for an exhausted and fractured nation. Instead of trying to build ever more improbable progressive utopias in the clouds on the vaporous platform of a 50-50 Senate, he could have started—and could even now—start doing some of the things the American people would actually like to see him do. He could take boring, practical measures to address real challenges—getting us past the pandemic, cooling inflation, addressing crime in the cities and the crisis at the border—not the imaginary ones that fester in the revolutionary’s mind.
But it’s going to be much harder now. A year ago he had the political capital of a newly elected president with an approval rating that approached 60%. Having largely squandered that capital, what does he do to persuade vulnerable politicians in his own party—let alone anyone else—that they should support the goals of a president with 40% approval?
