CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — Even President Biden thought he had been ponderous. 2) and predictions of 7.4 percent economic growth (though “the O.E.C.D. thinks it could be higher,” Mr. Biden noted, referring to the not exactly electrifying Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.) The president’s remarks on Wednesday, delivered to a friendly and respectful crowd of supporters at McHenry County College in this Chicago suburb, even included “reconciliation,” which Mr. Biden quickly admitted was a “fancy” Washington word. He sometimes describes his agenda as a way to prove that the very concept of democracy itself can deliver for the people.

Source: New York Times July 11, 2021 21:00 UTC