[AnimalMuppet]

What's really weird about Biden is that he tried to govern as though he had a strong legislative majority. He didn't, and it didn't work. He could have done better if he didn't act like he could run everything without the Republicans. Instead, he keeps proposing things that are too extreme for the most conservative members of his own party, and then being surprised that they don't pass the Senate.

And, as you say, he has been a politician for decades. He should know this.

Unless... is it possible that he's smart? Is he pandering to the liberal wing of his own party, throwing out ideas that he knows are extreme and not good policy, and then letting them die in Congress?

Or is he trying to shine a spotlight on Manchin and Systema, and get them primaried?

All in all, I don't understand his strategy. It seems to not work very well, and it seems that he should know better.

[hotpotamus]

I wonder what working with the Republicans to legislate would actually produce these days. For instance, they considered Roe extreme and so they unilaterally overturned it. They considered banning prayer in public schools as extreme and unilaterally overturned that. I wonder what it is that they could agree on and actually pass?

[AnimalMuppet]

Gun legislation. Passed with at least some bipartisan support.