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Biden keeps the peace with first Cabinet picks
Politico
The former veep hasn’t sparked any bitter fights with the left. But he hasn’t given progressives any major wins either.
By HOLLY OTTERBEIN and LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ
11/24/2020 07:34 PM EST
Progressives don’t love Joe Biden’s first round of cabinet picks. But they can live with them.
Antony Blinken? A “solid choice” for secretary of State, according to Faiz Shakir, Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign manager.
Alexandra Rojas, executive director of the left-wing group Justice Democrats, said she is “encouraged” that Biden tapped John Kerry as his international climate czar. Elizabeth Warren said Janet Yellen, Biden’s expected nominee for Treasury secretary, would be “outstanding.”
Though there are many positions left to fill, Biden’s Cabinet announcements so far fit a pattern: The former vice president has chosen people for top positions who haven’t sparked bitter or protracted fights with the left — without giving progressives any major wins. None of Biden’s nods have been wildly off the mark to the left flank of the Democratic Party. And the president-elect has also selected leaders who, despite being moderate, have spent time building relationships with progressives.
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The former veep hasn’t sparked any bitter fights with the left. But he hasn’t given progressives any major wins either.
By HOLLY OTTERBEIN and LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ
11/24/2020 07:34 PM EST
Progressives don’t love Joe Biden’s first round of cabinet picks. But they can live with them.
Antony Blinken? A “solid choice” for secretary of State, according to Faiz Shakir, Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign manager.
Alexandra Rojas, executive director of the left-wing group Justice Democrats, said she is “encouraged” that Biden tapped John Kerry as his international climate czar. Elizabeth Warren said Janet Yellen, Biden’s expected nominee for Treasury secretary, would be “outstanding.”
Though there are many positions left to fill, Biden’s Cabinet announcements so far fit a pattern: The former vice president has chosen people for top positions who haven’t sparked bitter or protracted fights with the left — without giving progressives any major wins. None of Biden’s nods have been wildly off the mark to the left flank of the Democratic Party. And the president-elect has also selected leaders who, despite being moderate, have spent time building relationships with progressives.
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The subheading of the piece's title directly implies the the 'progressives' haven't been given anything with Biden's historic victory.
"But he hasn’t given progressives any major wins either." 
