What Biden Can Get Done

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🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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At his inauguration, President Joe Biden argued that “unity is the path forward.” But it’s still an open question whether he’ll be able to get anything done. Guest: Jim Newell, Slate’s senior politics writer. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Please raise your right hand and repeat after me.
0:07.8	When did you believe this was actually happening?
0:10.5	I Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. do solemnly swear.
0:14.5	I Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. do solemnly swear.
0:17.9	Was it when Joe Biden took the oath of office?
0:20.4	10 minutes early?
0:22.8	Was it when the Marine Band struck up Hale to the Chief?
0:28.8	It feels a little bit like a time warper you woke up from a bad dream.
0:34.0	Slate's gymnual was at the inauguration, and it's even taken him a second to process it.
0:40.2	So I'm solely like allowing myself to breathe for the first time now.
0:44.6	Oh, I know.
0:46.6	I feel like I'm going to let myself breathe next week.
0:49.3	It's not real.
0:52.2	It's not real.
0:53.2	Yeah, maybe I'm being naive breathing.
0:56.4	Wow, you know, three hours after the inauguration.
1:01.8	Jim was seated right up front next to the guy with the big drum, marvelling at the normalcy
1:07.7	of it all.
1:09.0	In spite of the half mile perimeter, he had to navigate to get there.
1:13.4	And in spite of having to walk through one metal detector after another and scanning
1:18.2	a QR code to show he was COVID-free.
1:21.7	Some of the members I spoke to there, they all said they felt safe.
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