By Sniffles
Is Joe Biden a badass? We're seeing encouraging signs.
You may remember how long Republicans made Barack Obama wait until they deigned to do something about the 2008 financial meltdown. Today, with a national emergency like COVID-19 and all its attendant destruction staring him in the face, Biden is not only not about to wait — he's taking a harder line. Tonight's Oval Office meeting with Willard Romney, Susan Collins, et. al, press secretary Jen Psaki has said, is not an invitation to cave. "[It's] not...a forum for the President to make or accept an offer. But it’s important to him that he hears this group out on their concerns, on their ideas. He’s always open to making this package stronger."
Hah! Well played, Team Biden.
Don't get us wrong: We adore Obama, but he had only been a Senator for a few years. Joe, on the other hand, was in the Senate for nearly 10 times longer. Having been around the block a few times on Capitol Hill, he knows, as the saying goes, what time it is.
But wait, there's more. Psaki told the press today that the Administration was still deciding whether to cut Benedict Donald off from post-Presidential intelligence briefings. Pundits we follow on the Twitter machine have been urging an immediate decision on that — because, they aver, the answer is an obvious "Do it!" But the White House will not be dictated to. Maybe they're going to make the decision the night before the second impeachment trial begins. Maybe they'll announce it on Friday night so it dominates the Sunday shows. Hah!
Finally, House Democrats are getting into the act. Steny Hoyer is giving Kevin McCarthy ultimatum on anti-Semitic nutjob Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene: They will boot her from her assigned committees if Republicans don't do it first. Spunky! (And unlike Lou Grant, we love spunk.) We cats PURR.
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