July 1, 2022: Why Dems are struggling with Biden

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🗓️ 1 July 2022

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If you want to get a full sense of why so many Democrats seem to be frustrated with President Joe Biden at the moment, here’s one piece you need to read: “Is Biden a Man Out of Time?” by The Atlantic’s Ronald Brownstein. Whether the specific issue is abortion rights, court reform, voting rights, the filibuster, or the DOJ’s investigation into Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election, “[m]any Democrats share a sense that … Biden and his team have been following, not leading. And that tendency points to an enduring question about Biden, who was first elected to the Senate in 1972 and was shaped by a clubbier, more cooperative Washington. Can he be the inspirational leader his party needs to counter the aggressive moves by Republicans in Congress and in the states, together with their appointees on the Supreme Court, to reverse long-held civil rights and even threaten democracy itself?” Listen to POLITICO Playbook Deep Dive: Why haven’t there been more Cassidy Hutchinsons? Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Presented by Mehta
0:02.0	Hey, good morning, playbookers on Raghumanavalin. It's Friday.
0:05.8	President Joe Biden heads back to the U.S. from Europe today.
0:08.9	So what does he have to look forward to?
0:10.9	It's her Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.
0:15.7	If you want to get a full sense of why so many Democrats seem to be frustrated with President Joe Biden at the moment,
0:22.1	today's playbook has a link to a story you need to read. It's by the Atlantic's Ronald
0:26.0	Brownstein, and it's titled, Is Biden a Man Out of Time? Whether the specific issue is abortion
0:31.7	rights, court reform, voting rights, the filibuster, or the DOJ's investigation into Donald Trump's
0:37.1	attempts to overturn
0:38.1	the 2020 election.
0:39.7	Quote, many Democrats share a sense that Biden and his team have been following, not leading.
0:44.8	And that tendency points to an enduring question about Biden, who was first elected to the Senate
0:49.0	in 1972 and was shaped by a clubbier where cooperative Washington.
0:53.5	Can he be the inspirational leader his party needs to counter the aggressive moves by Republicans in Congress and in the states,
1:00.5	together with their appointees on the Supreme Court, to reverse long-held civil rights and even threatened democracy itself?
1:07.2	Tressa Undham, a pollster for progressive causes, making the issue pretty succinct.
1:11.4	Quote, could anyone else have beaten Trump? I don't think so. But from the perspective of some
1:15.6	Democratic voters now, he just doesn't get it. Biden will be presiding over this critical period
1:20.2	when so many people are losing rights. Can you imagine being the president when women lost
1:24.8	the right to abortion and election subversion is advancing,
1:27.8	and the whole country is worried about democracy, and you are like, the Supreme Court is just fine.
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