Democrats should not be cutting, watering down or resisting Biden's agenda

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6. This is the way it's normally done. Almost all our people are progressive

liberals, but one group typically demands more and bigger (with some willing to fail rather than settle for less, what some call "purists." ). And the other caucus wants sustainable achievement that will be passed and will last and not be reversed by the other party or courts, often a more incremental approach to the same or similar end.

O'Donnell or one of his guests remarked that Democrats in congress are unusually pissy (my word) these days; in another year they might rally behind the president better. But this era is what it is.

It should help those shocked by compromise to remember that among liberals (Democrats), especially women, a very common mix is a combination of more strongly liberal on social issues and more moderately liberal, or even moderately conservative, on economic issues. A pragmatic approach is still liberal and is neither corruption nor conservatism.

(This is also true among some conservatives -- some are economically conservative as expected but socially leaning more liberal, instead of conservative. And the trumpists' main, populist mix is actually more economically progressive but socially conservative.)