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Reporters should ask Biden why he thinks he'll succeed in cutting deals with Republicans where Obama failed, because it sure seems like he's flat out saying it's because he's white.
Biden appears to be so cynical that he thinks Republicans will cut deals with him because he’s white, but so naive that he doesn’t realize they’ll obstruct him anyway. It’s a dangerous combination.
Probably not. Republicans forged their strategy of obstruction in the face of Obama’s massive 2008 victory & two straight cycles of big Dem gains in Congress. They know obstruction works for the exact purpose of bringing a high-flying POTUS down to Earth.
Biden isn’t even right as a matter of crass political calculation. Republicans will obstruct him as much as any POTUS. Their goal will be to depress our base and energize theirs ahead of the 2022 midterms. They know obstruction achieves that goal.
The “cynical” idea that Republicans will work with a white POTUS buys into the naive idea that in their heart of hearts, Republicans *want* to work with Dems. They don’t. They want power & the way to get it back after a Dem wins the WH is to obstruct that POTUS, whoever they are.
