I get it. Maybe in the beginning of his presidency you could say Biden was making an honest effort to pass progressive legislation, but since the failure of BBB he’s been stingy with spending his remaining political capital. On every issue of the month it becomes a back and forth of whether Biden will take action.
Biden waffles on everything because he is trying to balance progressives and swing voters. But progressives don’t want Biden to occasionally consider progressive policies only when it benefits him, they want him to pursue them with enthusiasm and determination.
You can't make a zebra change its stripes. I don't think you are going to get this from Biden. We need fresh new blood in the presidency. Much younger so they can push and push to make things happen. It's becoming more and more obvious that Biden needs to pass the baton.
(Pelosi too.)
Pelosi is a bit maddening because she should’ve retired as House Speaker a while ago and there’s no real consequence to her doing so; I’d argue there’s a lot of people who’d have much better optics but could still be effective at ultimately getting the votes, folks who are close to the median of the Democratic Party. In 2018 Democrats really should’ve run under new leadership in hindsight.
Pelosi is one of the most selfish people on the Hill. The fact is she needs progressive support to remain Speaker, but her second speakership has been nothing short of embarrassing showboating, virtue-signaling, and elitism. I'd love to tear up that pathetic poem she read last week, after the so-called Supreme Court made a decision that surely impacts more women around AOC's age than, well, women her age. Get your ass back to work and remember why you hold that gavel.
