Even though Biden ran a campaign to the left of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, many in the media still described it as moderate.
Some in the media are still playing up "Tensions" between Biden and "Progressives" so that the mythology of Biden as a moderate can continue.
"Progressives frustrated with representation as Biden Cabinet takes shape," says the Hill.
According to Politico, "Saikat Chakrabarti, the firebrand organizer who co-founded Justice Democrats - the three-year-old group known for primarying centrist incumbents of its own party - and then became chief of staff of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez" remains hopeful that Biden will prove a "FDR-style leader."
The mythology of Biden's moderation didn't even hold up during the Obama years.
A Biden presidency will not oscillate between the center and the left but between the left and the far left.
Can anyone imagine Biden saying that in today's Democratic Party? That is as inconceivable as Biden adopting the Clintonian trope about abortion as "Safe, legal, and rare." Those days of triangulation are over, as irretrievable as Biden's reputation for moderation.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
The Persistent Myth of Biden's 'Moderation'
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