In Biden's first year, VP Harris 'had one vocal and unyielding defender in the West Wing: the president's chief of staff,' according to a new book from NYT's Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns.
. Speaking with historian Jon Meacham, Biden expressed misgivings "about inviting comparisons twice in a month to the greatest American leaders."POTUS takes notes:
"Al Sharpton pushed Biden on the filibuster, telling the president that if the procedural roadblock remained in place then Democrats would suffer in the midterms. Biden took notes laboriously, but he and his aides were noncommittal." "So what did that leave the civil rights groups with, as they departed the White House? Like so many other White House visitors in 2021, they collected praise from the president about the importance of their electoral constituency."
"Biden again hailed the role of Black voters in his campaign ... [saying] Black women were the reason he occupied the Oval Office. It was a flattering and sincere sentiment. But flattery would not protect the franchise."When Biden addressed House Dems at the Capitol on Oct. 1, with infrastructure and reconciliation bills in the balance, they "were braced for a moment of political climax. ... [But Biden] had decided [that] was not the day to demand a vote. ...
"It was a smooth line easy to imagine coming from Begala's most famous client, Bill Clinton. Well, Klain replied, that approach isn't this president's comfort zone. That's not his brand."
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