Joe Biden is already showing he is the right president for the moment
As ugly as this election has been, a win is a win: Come Jan. 20, Joe Biden will be our 46th president.
Bidens victory, which he claimed when Pennsylvania tipped into his column, was a solid one. His popular vote margin will rank somewhere around historic averages. He and his running mate, Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), got more votes than any ticket in history.
But former vice president Biden will enter office with a specific set of challenges: a deeply polarized and intensely passionate electorate; a Senate that appears likely to remain in Republican control, with a majority leader, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who will be as determined to thwart Bidens agenda as he was Barack Obamas; a graceless predecessor who is trying to foment unrest by hurling baseless charges that the election was stolen.
No one will be surprised if Donald Trump refuses to even show up for Bidens inauguration. The bigger question is whether his Republican enablers are capable of turning their attention to the interests of the country as it turns the page.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/07/joe-biden-is-already-showing-he-is-right-president-moment/
OAITW r.2.0
(24,446 posts)Make Mitch and his marginal majority pay for their votes.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Biden will handle them as well as possible considering the circumstances.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)...after all, Biden is white.