The popular narrative of Biden's improbable radicalism has had one basic feature going back right to early summer 2020 when it first came into vogue: a kind of "only Nixon could go to China" schtick that suggests his conservatism will somehow make him transformative president.
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The paradox is what makes it a compelling story, but the truth was always far likelier to be the less acrobatic and more banal one: Biden's history and record being what actually offer us the best clues about how he actually wants and seeks to govern.
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Once more, with feelinghttps://jacobinmag.com/2021/05/joe-biden-radical-policy-liberalism-first-100-days …
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Replying to @LukewSavage
Biden is not at all a radical but any Democratic presidency offers organizing opportunities for the left that are more fertile than a Republican one (because prodding action is more fruitful than playing defense).
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I think that's largely true, but it's not the question I was setting out to explore
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I think your latest Atlantic piece makes a more urgent point, which is that Biden and the Dems can't even be trusted to live up to their own words on defending democracy. That's the crux, I think.
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