Biden came into office with an incredible advantage because he was constantly being compared against his predecessor, who a majority of Americans simply did not like. His disastrous performance on almost every major issue has somehow completely squandered that advantage.
https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/1445838516433346561
Biden was elected to be not-Trump. That was his mandate. Especially when he ran as the most moderate Dem and has a bare majority in the House and tied Senate. He instead decided to orient his whole domestic agenda around the far-left and spurred on several crises on FP.
No one forced him to do any of this. The crisis at the border was created by him pandering to the far-left. The crisis in Afghanistan was self-created. No one forced Dems to put a socialist in charge of their budget process and take a purely partisan approach to legislating.
Think about the opportunity Biden had. He could’ve come in and focused on something like the infrastructure bill and called that a giant bipartisan win in his first year. He could have stabilized Afghanistan and taken credit. Less partisan tone could have improved Covid response.
Plenty of Republicans (& some of the left-wing base) would still be mad, but the guy would have a 60% approval. The attacks would be completely ineffective. But they are resonating right now because there is no disputing the disastrous approach on multiple issues.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
