Why Biden Won’t Beg

“President Biden has kept a public distance from Hill fights that’ll help define his legacy, based on confidence that Dems will ultimately be with him despite bucking and bellyaching,” Axios reports.

Said one official: “He’s not gonna beg. His view is: ‘You’re Democrats, and you’re with your president or you’re not.'”

“Biden’s approach is shaped partly by his 36 years as a senator — and sense that presidents should demand outcomes rather than details.”

“Another twist is Biden’s place in the shifting Democratic Party. For decades, he was on the liberal end. But in the 2020 primary field, he was centrist. So it’d be politically risky for him to be the tip of the spear on tangling with progressives. His approach: Let Pelosi and Bernie do it.”