Anyone who thinks American politics will enter a new period of compromise when President Trump leaves the White House isn’t watching the Democratic presidential race. The left is unloading on Joe Biden for the heresy of having once considered a bipartisan reform of Social Security. With the Iowa caucuses two weeks away, the Bernie Sanders campaign is rolling out oppo research showing that Mr. Biden once said he’d consider cost-of-living “adjustments” in Social Security. In Bernie-speak, this always means “cuts.”...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 20, 2020 21:33 UTC