Bipartisanship’s Last Gasp

Playbook: “It’s almost quaint: A group of 20 Senate Democrats and Republicans will break bread today in the hopes of sparking bipartisan progress on a range of hot-button issues.”

“But the chances of the group producing anything of substance are dim — and privately they all know it. The pull for both parties is in the opposite direction. Progressives are nudging Biden and the Democratic Party further left: They have no interest in diluting their goals in a (most likely fleeting) moment of power. The right is already eyeing a takeover of Congress in the midterms on a message of Democratic overreach.”