Biden team needs course correction

Had the president jettisoned everything that was going to be difficult to pass, he might have had a a better legislative batting average, but he would have wound up feuding with his party in Congress and beyond.

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January 24, 2022 - 9:44 AM

President Joe Biden (Oliver Contreras/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)

The New York Times reports that President Joe Biden: “Will retreat from the tangle of day-to-day negotiations with members of his own party that have made him seem powerless to advance key priorities, according to senior White House advisers. The change is part of an intentional reset in how he spends his time, aimed at emphasizing his power to govern as president, rather than getting trapped in a series of congressional battles.”

With any luck, it’s just harmless spin. Presidency scholar Matthew Dickinson reacted to the Times report by saying that Biden “is likely to do…

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