One dynamic very easy to foresee is that the GOP Caucus will unanimously (or nearly) oppose every significant Biden legislative initiative, as they did under Obama, no matter its merits. Negotiations are important but the GOP endgame is clear. /1 washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021…
I’m skeptical that the reason why Republicans won’t go along is explainable along these lines. Under Trump, they supported expanding the power of the federal government in many instances, increased the size of the debt, and passed a tax cut that did not help the “U.S economy.”/2 
It strikes me that total opposition to Democratic legislative proposals has become a far more deep-rooted principle for the GOP than, say, “traditional Republican concerns about the debt and deficit,” or “worries about the side of the federal government.” /3
Wouldn’t this be a better framing than, “can Biden, who campaigned on bipartisanship, win over skeptical Republicans”? Such a framing makes Biden’s ability to do what is virtually impossible the central story, and ignores the very clear track record of the modern GOP. /4
"Will Charlie Brown, who promised to kick the football, fail once again to convince a skeptical Lucy to keep it in place?" /5
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