Common political "wisdom" is that a new president has only so much capital to spend, after which his agenda will stall.
Successful presidents know each achievement is built on the last. Improving the lives of Americans quickly creates more capital for the next goal.
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Successful presidents know each achievement is built on the last. Improving the lives of Americans quickly creates more capital for the next goal.
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Progress is not a zero-sum game, and there is no ceiling.
Out of the gate, President Biden brought us the immensely popular American Rescue Plan to combat a terrifying pandemic, and will vaccinate two hundred million Americans in his first hundred days.
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Out of the gate, President Biden brought us the immensely popular American Rescue Plan to combat a terrifying pandemic, and will vaccinate two hundred million Americans in his first hundred days.
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That created the force and momentum for the American Jobs Plan, which will be like rural electrification, FDR's WPA and Eisenhower's Interstate Highway System in a single package, on steroids.
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https://twitter.com/dcpetterson/status/1377249059837198340
These transformations, from dreary defeat to expansive energy, will power the next phases, ending the political malaise of vote suppression, gerrymandering, the power of lobbying, election financing, which are at the root of the faux-populist fascist assault on Americanism.
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Success breeds success. Previous presidents who spent their "political capital" on unpopular agendas or programs that didn't show quick enough results never learned how to do it right.
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Take one example: Trump's early priorities were killing Obamacare and cutting taxes for the obscenely rich.
Then he stalled.
Then Democrats then took back the House, then the Senate and the Presidency.
Biden is doing it right.
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Then he stalled.
Then Democrats then took back the House, then the Senate and the Presidency.
Biden is doing it right.
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