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Bidens Revolution Is Doing What Obama and Clinton Did Not
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One month in, the 46th president is respecting the left even when it wants to go further than he will, and hes dismissing bad-faith conservative complaints about his agenda.
Michael Tomasky
Special Correspondent
Updated Feb. 22, 2021 7:12AM ET / Published Feb. 22, 2021 4:05AM ET
Were one month and change into the Biden presidency, and lets just say it. Hes been staggeringly good. He has way surpassed my expectations. And its small wonder he has a 63 percent approval rating. Most people like what they see.
Whats he done, in big-picture terms? Three things. First and foremost, he and his team are not letting themselves be bullied by the economic supply-siders and neoliberals whove spent the last few decades transferring $50 trillion in wealth from the middle class to the rich.
Second, the Biden team understands that the standard Beltway definition of bipartisanship is useless with todays Republican Party. The Biden people get that congressional Republicans dont even really represent most rank-and-file Republicans anymorehence these polls showing significant support even among Republicans for most aspects of the COVID relief bill. This administration shows every sign of not letting itself get suckered into the false promise of trying to win Republican votes that arent likely to materialize.
Third, they dont have contempt for Democrats to their left, which is a great thing to see. History tells us pretty clearly in my view that progress is made in this country when activists on the left go out and agitate and change public opinion and liberals codify that change by writing laws. The Biden people clearly agree with this view.
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