Does Biden Really Believe He Can Break the Fever?
June 12, 2019 at 7:24 am EDT By Taegan Goddard
Kevin Drum: I have no idea what Joe Biden really believes about working with Republicans. But I will say this: hes a politician. Theres zero reason to think he truly believes what hes saying here. Theres also zero reason to think he doesnt believe it. The fact that he said it is simply a null input.
At the same time, Biden isnt an idiot. Of course he knows what the modern Republican Party is like. But like Obama before him, he also knows that lots of people really like to hear paeans to bipartisanship. We political junkies may hate it, but ordinary people who dont inhale cable news are suckers for the idea that we can all get along if we just give it a tryand there are way more of them than there are of us. Biden knows this, so thats what he tells people. Whether he really believes it or not matters not a whit.
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https://politicalwire.com/2019/06/12/does-biden-really-believe-he-can-break-the-fever/