However the moment of victory is most likely to be fleeting.
Problem No. 1 is the economy, which may not bounce back as rapidly as Democrats hope.
Biden’s relief costs is more than twice as huge as Obama’s, which will help, and if vaccinations rapidly stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy must recuperate more quickly than it did after the financial crash of the Obama years.
But for Democrats to enjoy a political benefit, it’s not enough for the economy to bounce back: Voters have to also credit them for the healing.
That’s why Biden prepares to strike the roadway this week to begin a long success lap.
” The most important thing is to make sure the federal government part of this is working and get the checks out there,” Democratic strategist Stan Greenberg told me.
If his program stalls– as is likely offered unified Republican opposition– he will look inefficient.
Republicans are currently attacking Biden on issues where they believe he’s vulnerable: costs levels, school resuming and immigration.
Home Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) denounced the COVID relief expense last week as a waste of taxpayer money.
Biden faces what might be his most significant challenge with migration.
Biden also faces something President Trump seldom had to deal with: criticism from within his celebration.
And the party’s divisions are likely to grow more pronounced as Biden starts to push his wider legal agenda, with progressives pushing for ambitious legislation, while susceptible moderates in purple districts advise a more progressive technique.
Just once in the last 87 years has a president got away that rule: 2002, when President George W. Bush appealed for nationwide unity after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Democrats’ majorities today are razor-thin.
Strategists in both parties state the Democrats are more likely than not to lose their bulk in the Home.
So yes, the COVID costs was a good big success– but the president and his celebration should not lose time enjoying it.
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