Today’s links The Pizzaburger Presidency: Why the Biden administration talks so very little about the very small number of very good things it has done. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I’ve been. Latest books: You keep readin’ em, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I’ll keep writin’ ’em. Colophon: All the rest. The Pizzaburger Presidency (permalink) The corporate wing of the Democrats has objectively terrible political instincts, because the corporate wing of the Dems wants things that are very unpopular with the electorate (this is a trait they share with the Republican establishment). Remember Hillary Clinton’s unimaginably terrible campaign slogan, “America is already great?” In other words, “Vote for me if you believe that nothing needs to change”: https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/758501814945869824 Biden picked up the “This is fine” messaging where Clinton left off, promising that “nothing would fundamentally change” if he became president: https://www.salon.com/2019/06/19/joe-biden-to-rich-donors-nothing-would-fundamentally-change-if-hes-elected/ Biden didn’t so much win that election as Trump lost it, by doing extremely unpopular things, including badly bungling the American covid response and killing about a million people. Biden’s 2020 election victory was a squeaker, and it was absolutely dependent on compromising with the party’s left wing, embodied by the Warren and Sanders campaigns. The Unity Task Force promised – and delivered – key appointments and policies that represented serious and powerful change for the better: https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/10/thanks-obama/#triangulation Despite these excellent appointments and policies, the Biden…Pluralistic: The Pizzaburger Presidency (29 May 2024)