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My name is Jamelle Bouie. @nytopinion columnist. @CBSNews Analyst. email: jamelle DOT bouie AT nytimes DOT com. I don’t live in New York.

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    b-boy bouiebaisse‏Verified account @jbouie Feb 5

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    the funny thing about “political capital” as a metaphor is that it is only ever used as a way to rationalize limits, when the whole point of capital is that it’s invested in productive capacity. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1357678769805393923 …

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      1. b-boy bouiebaisse‏Verified account @jbouie Feb 5

        the way the metaphor ought to work is that you spend political capital on initiatives that *yield more political capital.* in the way it is actually used, it is more akin to fuel, in which you have a finite amount.

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      2. Aubrey NakatomiPlaza‏ @acgjd Feb 5
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        WINNERS WIN. Also, we spent the last years never even mentioning no political capital so why are we starting again?

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      3. b-boy bouiebaisse‏Verified account @jbouie Feb 5
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        right? winners win and shooters shoot

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      2. Timothy Featherston‏ @tfeatherston12 Feb 5
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        Sometimes I think their ideal Democratic administration is one that always discusses major policy but never actually does anything.

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      3. Timothy Featherston‏ @tfeatherston12 Feb 5
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        Also is there any more important time to “spend” your political capital than when the country is in the grips of a deadly pandemic and on the verge of a depression?

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      1. Timothy Staab‏ @timothy_staab Feb 5
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        To say that Biden understands the calculus better than Summers is an understatement.

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      1. Noodles‏ @GFNoodleyOne Feb 5
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        Can someone point to an example of political capital being exhausted that doesn't include a member of the legislature dying or an election voting then out? DC pundits think everything is a nail.

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      1. Matthew Barnett‏ @Barnettmatt1 Feb 5
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        Yes! If you invest it wisely, you end up with MORE capital. One would think that Summers, in his career as...*checks notes*...one of world's most prominent and politically connected economists, would grasp that.

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      1. Joseph Taylor‏ @jmtaychi Feb 5
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        And people are suffering. They need relief now. I get folks want to talk political capital, it just feels detached from the reality of my community, family, & friends.

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      1. Nat Gaertner‏ @NatGaertner Feb 5
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        Summers is probably just afraid the relief bill might help a woman do science or something

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