The Old-School Politician in a New-School Era

New York Times: “After more than half a century in Washington, he still has the instincts of a backslapping cloakroom pol, eager to make deals and work across the aisle where possible at a time when that rarely seems rewarded anymore. In some ways, it has been a formula for success that upended expectations, resulting in a raft of landmark liberal programs that will mark Mr. Biden in the history books…”

“And yet it has not been a formula for executing the most essential mission that he assigned himself when he took office: healing a broken country.”