For months, it has been obvious to everyone except the president and his inner circle what people really think about Covid restrictions.
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President Joe Biden removes his face mask as he arrives to deliver remarks in honor of labor unions in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., September 8, 2021.
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‘Biden confronts a host of problems he can’t do much to solve.” So determines John Harwood of CNN.
There’s some truth to this, of course — although my sympathy for opportunistic progressives who discover that they are not, actually, omnipotent, is as limited as one might expect. Still, you’d assume that any president who was facing a tidal wave of bad news would be looking to rack up as many little wins as possible. Inexplicably, with President Biden, that assumption seems to be wrong.
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Charles C. W. Cooke is a senior editor at National Review and the host of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast.
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‘Biden confronts a host of problems he can’t do much to solve.” So determines John Harwood of CNN.
There’s some truth to this, of course — although my sympathy for opportunistic progressives who discover that they are not, actually, omnipotent, is as limited as one might expect. Still, you’d assume that any president who was facing a tidal wave of bad news would be looking to rack up as many little wins as possible. Inexplicably, with President Biden, that assumption seems to be wrong.
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About the Author
Charles C. W. Cooke is a senior editor at National Review and the host of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast.
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