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Toiler On the Sea's avatar

Biden was the economically most progressive President since LBJ and it served him zero political dividends.

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PollJunkie's avatar

People didn't feel the effects due to post pandemic and Russian invasion's supply shocks. His other priorities like higher minimum wage, a public health insurance option and paid family leave were dead on arrival due to Manchin and Sinema.

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Kildere53's avatar

People didn't know Biden was economically progressive, since he didn't have much rhetoric about it. Like it or not, rhetoric is just as important as actual actions in this case.

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Mark's avatar

Biden also made Silent Cal seem like a braggart by comparison, at least during his Presidential term. You gotta sell it or else it's a tree falling in the forest.

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Toiler On the Sea's avatar

Biden made speeches like this all around the country during his 4 years and the media simply didn't cover it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IpaiJsjntk

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sacman701's avatar

This isn't the 90s. You can't expect the media to come to you anymore. You have to go to them, aggressively and all the time.

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James Trout's avatar

The point is you can тАЬsellтАЭ your views all you want. At the end of the day though voters have to care. They didnтАЩt. They wanted to pretend COVID never happened and they wanted 2019 back.

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