‘One of those weeks’: From voting rights to vaccines, Biden experiences the limits of his office — and the fragility of his presidency
“For a president, you can’t think about the hot take of this week for the White House, you have to think about the long narrative arc,” said Cornell Belcher, a Democratic pollster and strategist. “People will criticize him for what they call taking an L on voting rights in the Senate this week. But, quite frankly, how does he have a conversation with the base of the party and how is he the leader of the Democratic Party if in fact he hadn’t put his neck out there and fought like hell even with the understanding he might not win?”
Source: Washington Post January 16, 2022 02:40 UTC
