I think that Biden has done a better job of working the hill to get the stuff he wants than Obama ever did
Hear hear.
Most underrated President of all time. My expectations weren’t high, but I have to admit, he’s absolutely blown me away with how effective he’s been.
Given the shit he was handed from the previous admin, with a divided Congress, etc. he’s absolutely crushing it. Imagine what he could do with a Congress behind him and a supreme Court that wasn’t broken.
That’s great, but he needs to now self-promote and market himself, or we’ll be stuck with another Trump term (and possibly the end of democracy in America).
So your saying a guy who has 40 years of experience in lawmaking is good at lawmaking?
We have a democratic republic, a form of representative government. While there is unfortunately a sometimes insurmountable amount of outsized power wielded by the ultrawealthy, we still can make change happen when the opportunity arises. That goes away if the flawed democracy we have goes away.
Don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress. A flawed democracy is better than no democracy.
See, I’m almost convinced that it isn’t even Biden. Like, Biden is not a strong leader at all…and I think that’s been a great thing (at least for domestic policy).
It feels like he’s gotten out of the way of the competent people who actually “run the show” in all the myriad departments of government and just let them do their thing.
It feels like he’s gotten out of the way of the competent people
Literally the definition of a strong leader, knowing when to step in and when to let the people you hired do their jobs is the hall mark of a good leader
I would argue that what you’ve described is a good leader.
To me a strong leader is someone who gets out front of their team and acts as a strong face for their team. That means that the team is getting all the accolades and recognition for their good work, that is keenly running damage control for their mistakes, and that is talking up their team at all points.
I feel Biden is failing as that strong leader.
Unless you’re chronically online, you probably aren’t aware of the recent actions of the NLRB nor of some of the other wins the people Biden appointed over the term of his presidency. He’s not out there blasting some of the absolute W’s his team has gotten, and I think that’s showing in the lackluster polling Biden is getting atm.
The implication of what I’ve said that I want to be clear on: a strong leader isn’t necessarily a good leader, nor is a good leader necessarily a strong leader.
The downvotes I’m getting says the wider community disagrees with this assessment, and in my mind that is what it is. I feel that not recognizing this distinction makes one more inclined to overlook how their voting peers can be swayed towards strong but bad leaders (e.g. Trump) and will thusly make said person less able to influence their voting peers to change their vote.
Based on what, exactly? Biden is a very experienced politician. And the Republicans have taken their mask off and shown there’s absolutely no point in trying to compromise with them. They only negotiate in bad faith and will reneg on every deal if/when they can.
It took the Dems far too long to accept that you have to fight fire with fire, but they got there.
Obama had a Dem party still valuing bipartisanship and healthy differences of opinions within the party.
Biden has a Dem party that falls in line because they have accepted that they have zero margin for civil discourse, because the Republicans will run away with the country if there’s even the slightest bit of slack.
And so Biden and his administration aren’t pulling their punches. There is no bipartisanship to be had. Only wins where you can take them.
Au contraire Mon ami, I think the community has mistaken what I mean (probably my fault, I didn’t think my original comment through very thoroughly and accept responsibility if I communicated it poorly).
I mean to imy that Biden has made good choices in his appointments, but that his ability to speak and his general lack of charisma are the reason he’s not trumping Trump (pun intended) in the polling for the upcoming election.
I would define Trump as a strong, but bad, leader due to his charisma and ability to take ownership for his people’s actions (even if he takes “liberties” in defining who “his people” are). In my workplace, I would want someone who speaks highly of the actions of me and my team.
I don’t see that from Biden.
As such, I would not describe Biden as a strong leader, but with the caveat that “Good” and “strong” exist on independent axes of the “leadership chart”.
