Biden's dull-by-design plan

[babylonsister]

Works for me!

https://www.axios.com/biden-cabinet-picks-dull-2b8cbd47-2265-4f10-ba8a-fc19eb2dcb29.html

2 hours ago - Politics & Policy
Biden's dull-by-design plan
Axios
Mike Allen, Jim VandeHei


The most remarkable part of President-elect Biden’s campaign and early picks for positions of true power is the unremarkable — and predictable — nature of his big moves.

Why it matters: Biden is obsessed with bringing stability and conventional sanity back to governance. "He is approaching this — in part — like an experienced mechanic intent on repairing something that's been badly broken," said one source familiar with the president-elect's thinking.

The picks — including Tony Blinken for secretary of state, which leaked last night and is to be announced tomorrow — fit with Biden's penchant for sticking to comfort foods when it comes to people, policies and political techniques.

"He knows everybody. But these are the people he really knows, and he's going with 'em," a former Obama-Biden official told Axios.

The official said: "Biden wants process. Trump was the anti-process guy. Their idea is that process is their friend."

The big picture: All modern White Houses are oligarchies — authentic power is held by just a few. So pay closest attention to the chosen few who are inserted into the real inner circle.

Blinken was national security adviser to Biden when he was V.P., before becoming President Obama's principal deputy national security adviser, then deputy secretary of state.

Other longtime Biden hands on the new White House team:

Senior adviser Mike Donilon has been an adviser and consultant to Biden since 1981.

Chief of staff Ron Klain, who first worked for Sen. Joe Biden in the late '80s, was later Biden's chief of staff as vice president, then White House Ebola response coordinator.

Cathy Russell, the White House director of presidential personnel, worked on Biden's 1988 presidential campaign and was chief of staff to Dr. Jill Biden in the White House, before becoming U.S. Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues at the Department of State during the Obama Administration.

Counselor Steve Ricchetti went to work for Biden in the White House in 2012.

Jake Sullivan, a longtime Biden and Hillary Clinton adviser, is expected to be named national security adviser.

[Mopar151]

1. Biden, Harris & Co. are "The Deep State"

Not their first rodeo!

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Government is not a reality show

Why can’t government work as intended without all the ginned-up drama and hijinks we’ve endured these past four years? Oh, yeah...corruption. It’s gotta go too.

[niyad]

3. I am sooooo looking forward to dull. To not having to start my day in trepidation over what disaster

or insanity took place in the few hours when I tried to sleep. To actually going a day or two, or even three, dreaming over my gardening catalogues. To going a day or two, or even three, where my poor cat is not wrenched from his nap because I am swearing in outrage. To going a day or two, or even three, without again wondering if I need more plastic and less breakables in my kitchen.

I am soooooooooooo looking forward to dull!!!!!!!

[babylonsister]

6. You and me both!! nt

[k8conant]

4. I look forward to dull, boring stability and justice and peace.

[Johnny2X2X]

5. By being boring at face value, he'll effect more change

He's going to undo all of the departmental damage Trump did to the Executive Branch, and he'll do it with little fanfare and that will allow him to be more effective and get more done.

I also think being more lowkey will allow him to get more Liberal policy through.

[radius777]

7. This is wise, after the sh**show of the past 4 years.

Biden was elected to 'restore the soul of America' and it's smart to choose experienced people who will have alot of work to do, and who need to be in sync with Biden (don't need too much internal tension).

He likely will include a few suprise choices just to give him perspective, but overall he wants predictability.