Biden is on the cusp of becoming the most consequential president since LBJ.

[Drunken Irishman]

At least from the left's perspective. Reagan was pretty consequential in unraveling a lot of the New Deal.

But the fact Biden is doing this with essentially a divided Senate is remarkable.

I'll be honest, folks, when Biden won, and it looked like, at best we were looking at a 50/50 Senate, I did not have much confidence in getting a lot done.

Boy was I wrong. Biden is not only delivering - he's delivering BIG.

I really hope progressives and liberals remember this moment and work their butts off to give him a much larger Senate majority in 2023 and enough wins in the House to keep it.

[WarGamer]

1. Don't forget... consequential doesn't always mean "good"

3: having significant consequences : IMPORTANT

a grave and consequential event
consequential decisions


I'd argue that Trump was the most consequential President since FDR.

A complete reversal of the Federal Court System and a takeover of SCOTUS plus weaponizing politics into the Capitol Attack. Two impeachments, widespread corruption and many would argue, actual crimes in the White House.


And re: President Biden... he's been extremely good, better than most expected. He's owning the political "center" and quietly working for more progressive goals.

[babylonsister]

10. He's both thankfully. nt

[demtenjeep]

2. I love President Biden

always have

[XanaDUer2]

5. Me 2

supported him from the start

[brush]

3. You're right. Biden is doing great in getting infrastructure...

bills done that have been neglected/delayed for generations now. You should also throw in Reagan disrupted many of LBJ's Great Society programs too.

[Funtatlaguy]

4. If Biden can talk Manchin/Sinema into a Voting Rights fil carve out...

He will deserve a statue while he’s still alive.

[lagomorph777]

22. I will personally help to pour the bronze.

And I know nothing about casting bronze.

If he gets a major voting rights fix, he'll go down in history with Lincoln and MLK.

If he doesn't, we'll all go down.

[Greybnk48]

6. Biden's plan is bigger and better than the New Deal!

As much as I love LBJ, Biden's closer to FDR. What he's doing is bigger than Medicare and Medicaid. He's changing the lives of millions for the better and changing our society with public daycare and expanding public school to the college level, just to name two things!

I never thought I would live to see this, but now I think I will.

[Beetwasher.]

21. Public Child Care, Public Colleges...AMAZING!!!

Yup. grand, societal changes that will lift millions out of poverty.

[Scrivener7]

7. And he is doing it calmly and rationally. Such a relief. I love him.

[Johnny2X2X]

8. Yes sir.

This $3.5T deal which will probably get negotiated down a bit will make him the most consequential President since FDR, zero doubt.

[underpants]

9. After 7 months his legacy is cemented

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First, he slayed the dragon.

The vaccine roll out is noted as the best in the world.

The infrastructure deal is seismic.

He’s been very very impressive.

[Johnny2X2X]

23. Yes

And don't forget the American Rescue plan which was way different than the previous stimulus in that it helped working people the most and gave parents money to help care for their children.

7 months in and he has 2 major pieces of legislation through and helped distributed 350 Million doses of the vaccine.

Any other President could cruise through the next 3 years and win re-election easily, but Biden wants a lot more for the people.

[babylonsister]

11. And all hail his swift actions on covid. He has saved lives, lots of them. nt

[Blue Owl]

12. K&R

[Deuxcents]

13. I'm optimistic and pleased

Having said that.. it’s only 7 months in. We need to elect those that will enable his plans to happen. House, Senate, governors and all down the ballot meanwhile. I’m happy so far

[Fiendish Thingy]

14. Yup, as long as Dems stay united in supporting Biden's BIG agenda, his presidency will be historic

[ecstatic]

15. He's doing an excellent job, but I can't fully agree with you

until my right to vote and have it properly counted is fully restored. How can there be an increased majority when key parts of the democratic base have been systematically disenfranchised?

[NewsCenter28]

16. Unfortunately, his approval ratings on RCP and 538 averages

Are only slightly better than Trump at this point in his term and falling rapidly daily. He has a LOT of work to do to save his presidency, let alone the congressional majorities, and right now (especially given the Manchin and Sinema statements-Manchin essentially killed the social infrastructure bill today) plus the pandemic of the unvaccinated exploding plus no response to the GOP voter suppression plus the Taliban sweeping through Afghanistan, it's not looking good. At all.

[Drunken Irishman]

18. lol

His average approval on 538 is 50.3 and disapproval 43.3. If you can find me any moment where Trump was +7 in approval, I'll delete this post.

Seems like you're a bit giddy here, though.

[NewsCenter28]

19. Not giddy at all-pissed? Yes very.

The fact that his approval rating is this low is shocking to me. Roughly comparable to Bill Clinton, who suffered a midterm shellacking. Any scenario which results in Speaker Kevin MCCarthy is not palatable to me at all and that seems where we're headed. I don't want triangulation for the 3rd consecutive Dem presidency. I want Biden, Pelosi and Schumer to have at least 6 years like Bush, Hastert and Lott/Frist did. You can't deny these numbers would result in a midterm shellacking.

Wake up. We're in trouble. The thing that sucks the most is we didn't even do anything to deserve this. By any objective historic metric of presidential success, we should be enjoying 55%+ approval right now. No scandal. Soaring economy. Stock Market highest ever. Huge legislative accomplishments on COVID and physical infrastructure....

Any thoughts you have on why the numbers are what they are would be greatly appreciated.

[Demsrule86]

20. Mid terms are historically lost by the party that holds the presidency.

But if we all show up unlike 10 with the message voting BS, I am optimistic.

[Drunken Irishman]

25. This poster is also lying about Clinton's approval.

By this point, Clinton was 4 points underwater in his approval (44 to 48). Biden is 7 points ABOVE water.

[Drunken Irishman]

24. You are making up numbers now.

You're not even presenting facts.

Bill Clinton's approval on 8/12/93, according to Gallup, was 44% and 48% disapproval.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/116584/presidential-approval-ratings-bill-clinton.aspx

That's a -4 margin compared to a + 7 for Biden (so a difference of 11% between the two. Hardly what anyone, beyond someone with an ulterior motive, would call comparable.

You're pushing a narrative using bullshit facts that you're either making up or pulling from some alt-right site who is purposely attempting to set the narrative that Biden is in trouble.

Stop it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. Joe has been doing an amazing job

[betsuni]

27. K&R

[NurseJackie]

28. I just wish that so-called "progressives" on Twitter (and elsewhere) would stop...

... doing their level best to undermine and weaken him. Rather than to bask in the progress that's being made, they prefer to complain that it's "not enough" and instead prefer to name-call and try to kneecap him with their toxic rhetoric. From politicians to pundits... all their negativity and hostility toward Democrats and toward the Biden/Harris administration serves no good purpose. It only serves to divide and weaken. It creates resentment and distrust. (And that only benefits the GOP, and Russia.)