"Biden never endorsed many progressive priorities, from Medicare for All to the end of the Senate filibuster. But he also didn’t spend his time in office beating up on the Sanders coalition to burnish his moderate bona fides. Instead, he brought them into his tent: ensuring they had a seat at the table in legislative negotiations while d…
"Biden never endorsed many progressive priorities, from Medicare for All to the end of the Senate filibuster. But he also didn’t spend his time in office beating up on the Sanders coalition to burnish his moderate bona fides. Instead, he brought them into his tent: ensuring they had a seat at the table in legislative negotiations while drawing on their brain trust as he rolled out his own unexpectedly populist and antitrust-heavy agenda." Thank you. I rarely see this acknowledged in center/center-right spaces, where there tends to be a lot of talk about the left "bullying" the normies. Biden's coalition-building has been good for the Democratic Party and good for the country.
"Biden never endorsed many progressive priorities, from Medicare for All to the end of the Senate filibuster. But he also didn’t spend his time in office beating up on the Sanders coalition to burnish his moderate bona fides. Instead, he brought them into his tent: ensuring they had a seat at the table in legislative negotiations while drawing on their brain trust as he rolled out his own unexpectedly populist and antitrust-heavy agenda." Thank you. I rarely see this acknowledged in center/center-right spaces, where there tends to be a lot of talk about the left "bullying" the normies. Biden's coalition-building has been good for the Democratic Party and good for the country.