The bitter defeat of the Biden Administration’s signature initiative, the Build Back Better plan to reset the terms of American capitalism, has black-pilled me about the near-term prospects of a progressive shift in course in our national politics to deal with the coming century of... Continue
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In the last Sheriff’s election, in 2018, I was drawn into an active editorial role for an elected office that I had never taken an interest in. Usually the Sheriff’s race was about internal professional rivalries, which is irrelevant to a pragmatic progressive like me.... Continue
The yearlong slow and painful whittling down of the initially ambitious Build Back Better bill – which at full strength could have saved Biden from the impending midterm demolition by providing quick material benefit to millions of stressed, precarious households – now hangs by a... Continue
The political bumbling by the Senate and White House Democratic leadership in the last two weeks have only driven down the numbers of the ambitious ‘Build Back Better’ agenda of the Biden White House. This bill, which is a down payment on making the U.S.... Continue
Well, it had to happen; the honeymoon is over and the Democrats have returned to form, after a good clean start of the term with a quick and decisive win on the $2T CARES Act. A good rule of thumb for Democrats is: the longer... Continue
The steadfast commitment of President Biden to actually follow through on the withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 futile years of pointless war was an act of political courage that is rare in this era. Biden did not run on this issue, even though it might... Continue
The Biden Administration, well-stocked with political veterans from the Clinton and Obama White House frontline staff, were on their game for the traditional first hundred days agenda. The passage of the $2T Pandemic Relief package (six months overdue) on a straight party-line reconciliation vote showed... Continue
The next 90 days will make or break the Biden Administration. The window for the legislative season will start shutting down after Labor Day and the 2022 primary will be off and running. After an impressive first hundred days, culminating in a significant pandemic rescue... Continue
The first 100 days of the Biden Administration have been a substantive success. It is refreshing to have people who believe in government. The Biden national address to a joint session of Congress hit a lot of good notes on the domestic policy front. The... Continue
Good sports coaches always make sure to celebrate a win immediately, establish a team baseline expectation and to cultivate an appetite for winning. After white-knuckling through the chaotic and vexing Trump Administration for four years, putting a solid ‘W’ on the board is satisfying. The... Continue