If I had to use one word to describe Jordan Weissman's take on Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion

stimulus package, the word I'd use is giddy.

Yeah, I mean, there's a lot.

It's, it's, you know, it's the turkey and all the trimmings.

Jordan covers the economy for Slate.

He's been pushing Democrats to consider some of the more progressive measures bundled into this legislation, like a higher minimum wage, for months at this point.

And he's giddy, not just because of what's in this proposed bill, but because it seems like some version of it actually might pass.

Is the palpable shift the Democrats just seem to be kind of feeling themselves right now?

A little bit, yeah.

It's pretty easy to feel good when you're the party in power.

But it's also an adjustment.

Watching Washington debate this stimulus,

it's a little like watching dancers

trying to remember the choreography of bipartisanship, a little stilted, a little formal.

A group of ten Republicans sent President Biden a letter with their counteroffer to his

legislation. And within a day, Biden issued an invitation to the group. They masked up and joined

him in the Oval Office. And he was sort of like,

eh, I think they came out and they said we had a frank and cordial conversation, which is kind of,

that's actually a contradiction in DC euphemisms, right? Usually when you have a frank conversation,

it's not cordial. And if you have a cordial conversation, it's a little icy, but it's not very

frank. Frank and cordial was an interesting combo. But it seems that Biden told them that he didn't really feel like compromising significantly on the size of a bill that he thought was necessary to take care of the country's needs.

Today on the show, President Biden might not be ready to compromise with Republicans.

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