Biden's Secret Talks with the GOP

[applegrove]

Biden’s Secret Talks with the GOP

April 27, 2021 at 11:11 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 8 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/04/27/bidens-secret-talks-with-the-gop/

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“Top White House officials have quietly been meeting — on the Hill and over the phone — with Republican senators who drafted a counterproposal to President Biden’s infrastructure plan,” Axios reports.

“The GOP senators say they’re optimistic the Biden administration is open to concessions and can reach a compromise. They’ve been heartened by their talks with White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, counselor to the president Steve Ricchetti and legislative affairs director Louisa Terrell.”

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[applegrove]

1. Sixty four percent of Americans seems to be the number that like Biden's policies.

The GOP will have to move to the Biden. Not the other way around.

[tavernier]

2. Sounds fantastic!

And by fantastic I mean that they don’t want to give an inch to President Biden. But that’s OK because we can move forward without them.

[Celerity]

3. This part (quoting Rethug MS Senator Wicker):

"If they could roll us on the whole thing, they would. I don't think they can," which is why they're so willing to meet, Wicker said.

is mostly due to Manchin and Sinema's recalcitrance

[Buckeyeblue]

6. Because that would be Wicker's strategy

And honestly, given how openly dumb most of the GOP have become, it would be my strategy as well.

It's the 21st century, our country is crumbling because corporations don't want to pony up tax money to fix/repair/modernize.

Republicans want to fix pot holes. Democrats want to build a gateway to the present and the future.

[Raine]

4. Very interesting this, hopefully this will be a good thing. nt

[PortTack]

5. The qgop said the same thing during the covid relief negotiations...they won't budge this time

Either! Smoke and mirrors on their part