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• #The biden optimism full

More recent surveys show this has collapsed as the economy has become locked in the grip of the worst inflation in four decades. It’s possible America may emerge from this trauma more transformed than we can imagine. When Joe Biden became president, several surveys found a sharp rise in Democrat optimism about the economy. President Biden and his new White House Chief of Staff, Ron Klain have created a new level of coordinators in the White House to integrate policymaking using whole-of-government approaches in key areas. We’ve been through an emotional hailstorm over four years. The strongest evidence for optimism is the new White House structure and the key cabinet and White House appointments. I was shocked by how moved I was by the Biden inaugural. (First published in Forbes on October 31, 2020) In the final days of his campaign, Joe Biden is doing what political candidates rarely do he is staying away from ceaseless mudslinging at his opponent and running an avalanche of negative ads. They will be between the narcissists (Ted Cruz) and the institutionalists (Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell). They will be between the fantasists, the people who lie and fabricate, and the realists, the people who are attached to reality. They will be between the performers, the people who run for office to get on TV, and the builders, the people who want to achieve something. The salient divisions in the Biden era won’t just be left versus right.

#The biden optimism full

If this doesn’t work and Republicans go into full obstruction mode, Democrats should absolutely kill the filibuster. I was struck by how passionately these Republicans and Democrats are committed to one another across party lines, how deftly they used the evenly divided Congress to restart the COVID-19 relief effort in December, how fervently they want to break the partisan logjam. But Biden wants to present them with a 1,400 check they wouldn’t have otherwise gotten, increase the child tax credit to 3,000 and create infrastructure jobs. Recently, I was on a call with the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus and a similar group of senators. Do not underestimate how many congressional Republicans would like to send checks to their people.