My wife always has Sunday Today Show on with Willie Geist. They do a preview with Chuck Todd for the upcoming Meet The Press show. Biden's approval rating came up and I'm pretty sure Chuck Todd described the President's 53% rating "as being the new 60%" - that was an interesting comment.
The President will address a limited joint session of Congress tonight.
Looking at the President's first 100 days independently, I gave him a 3 average. He's been very ambitious although generally I do not see this as any kind of good or bad 100 days. If I was grading on policy I would have voted a 1 or 2 depending what issue(s) were top of my head.
I voted above average, but almost voted good. He certainly hasn't been messing around. For someone given the nickname "Sleepy," he has been very effective, hardworking, and has gotten a lot done in 100 days. He has reversed a lot of Trump's poor policies, done a good job with Covid, and has kept an amazing number of his campaign promises in a short 100 days. All this without a single golf trip. Although I expected and hoped for more bipartisanship, it seems like his attitude toward Republicans of "we are doing this and if you want imput then join in" may prove more effective than Obama's efforts were in which he sought bipartisanship and compromise only to get no Republican votes anyway. It's really nice not to have the government in crisis mode all the time. The economy even seems to be recovering.
My criticisms are mostly about the runaway spending. It was also disappointing on his handling of dismissing staff for past weed usage.
Agree with 4. He came in the middle of a disaster and hit the ground running. Even the Chamber of Commerce, typically a GOP leaning organization has been on board with his plans and in full agreement.
I agree about the bipartisan thing but the GOP is resuming "the party of NO". It's hard to govern today with all of the bitter divisiveness. The lies about the stolen election are continuing - oddly enough, a GOP congressman from PA who signed the petition about cancelling PAs votes stated that there was a small amount of electoral fraud - committed by Republicans.
I'm in complete agreement with your post 2112....Even down to your point of dismissing staff for past cannabis use.
Biden seems to have learned from Obama's wasting of time, effort, and political capital in trying to get some compromise and bipartisanship from the Republicans in Congress. Biden, with his years of institutional experience, realizes that there are no Republican moderates remaining in Congress. At least none that will reach across party lines publicly.
One other frustration I do have with Biden, and it relates to his outdated attitude toward cannabis, is his administrations reluctance to take a far more serious approach toward ending the overall war on drugs. Biden seems to be retreating to his career long affinity for the war on drugs. Limiting the amount of anti-heroin addiction drugs doctors can prescribe for addiction treatment is one such example.
To be fair, we are seeing baby steps on his part on addressing this issue as just this week he began pushing for ending lengthy sentences for crack cocaine as compared to powder cocaine. But this is an obvious reform that is too little too late in my opinion. He needs to end America's longest war with the aggressiveness he seems to tackle other issues.
After all is wasn't that long ago that Biden bragged about supporting draconian minimum sentencing laws that have decimated minority populations and swelled prison populations and societal costs. He himself championed this war and he should now recognize the disastrous effects he helped create.
“Biden Takes Aim At American Inequality By Investing $1.8 Trillion In Families”
Trump haters point to headlines like this as evidence of why he was such a bastard & why everything is so much better now & everyone is so much happier now - a morose divisive dark cloud got what he deserved etc - same as when Dickey was kicked out in 2000
Have never bought that at all - you knew the press would portray Joe as a saint & savior, just as they always portrayed Trump as scum - neither are true
dont dislike either of them - reading past the distorted media coverage, I give Joe high marks so far
I'm a Trump hater and I don't look at that headline at point at Trump.
The "deregulation era" began with Regan. Since then we have had growing income inequity and a major recession that was averted by government intervention. Tax cuts and deregulation let to more money for those at the top, and little change for everyone else and a near collapse of the economy. Average growth from 1950 - 1980 was appx 4.6%, it has been about 2.5% since then. Trump's tax cuts continue this process but he did not create it.
Big biz doesn't want taxes or regulation but they are pretty good at asking for tax cuts and bail outs.
I'm not a socialist. I believe in private ownership, capitalism, etc, but it needs to be controlled (wisely).
just as they always portrayed Trump as scum
Trump is the exact definition of scum. He led an insurrection against our government, which makes him a domestic terrorist.
dont dislike either of them
You don't dislike a domestic terrorist, who betrayed the United States multiple times? You might want to reconsider - not that it matters to me, but for your own sake. Time to get on the right side of history - remember what our good book says.
Trump haters point to headlines like this as evidence of why he was such a bastard
We don't need any headlines for that type of evidence, trust me. We have eyes and ears.
Not sure I would expect anything than favorable reviews from the Democratic/Liberal majority that dominates the WP.
kinda a no brainer. I get a laugh out of you folks that still point and reference the Trump presidency like he still has anything to do with what's going on. The guys out, who gives a sh!t. He was awful. Quit trying to deflect the conversation and throw him into the mix and use his past failures for what is currently going on. That is an old used up tactic and excuse. Will he still be blamed for the shortcomings of this country 3plus years from now....yeah probably so. Ya gotta blame somebody. ANd like I said.....Trump was the worst.
I really have no comment on JB either way. He just looks lost at times. I think he is just a puppet put out in front for the Democratic party and pushing the agenda that is being brewed by the folks behind the scenes. " Here Joe .read this and sound and look presidential."
My wife always has Sunday Today Show on with Willie Geist. They do a preview with Chuck Todd for the upcoming Meet The Press show. Biden's approval rating came up and I'm pretty sure Chuck Todd described the President's 53% rating "as being the new 60%" - that was an interesting comment.
The President will address a limited joint session of Congress tonight.
Chuck Todd...I take what he says with a grain of salt. Not bias by any means. Barf!!
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I remember Bill Clinton declaring " The era of big government is over!"
Well big government is back on Steroids!! High taxes and in two years from now expect more red tape and government regulations than you shake at stick at!
SOCIALISM is what the Democratic base wants now.
I don't like Joe Biden. Never have. He is a liar! Joe claims the changes to Georgia election law is Jim Crow racism yet Georgia with the new changes has more early voting and easier voting than Delaware or New York State. What could possibly be a problem with showing an ID to VOTE!!! You have to show one to buy a six pack of Budweiser, cash a check, enter a courthouse, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.
Joe Biden said the Republicans want to put African Americans on the back of the bus. When running with Obama Joe Biden said Republicans want to put black people back in chains. That is a lie and Joe knows it.
I've never liked Joe Biden much but voted for him because Trump is a bigger liar and wasn't qualified to be President. Some of Trump's policies were good for the economy. The tax breaks, less regulations, energy independence, better border security etc led to the best jobs market and wage rise in most people's life time. Unemployment at the lowest for ever African Americans, Hispanics and women.
The pandemic derailed Trump's great economy. How much of this was straight from Trump? Probably most came from people around him.
Trump mishandled the pandemic and it became clear Trump was only interested in Trump and his enormous ego.
Republican Tim Scott would get my vote and so would Democrat Tim Kane. Why can't we have better choices in our candidates? And Tim Scott, who gave the Republican response to Biden's address was slammed on social media over and over from liberals calling him the N word, Uncle Tom etc etc.
And for the most part we now have a press here anymore. Most TV reporters are liberal Democrats and carry water for the liberal Democrats in politics and play " gotcha" journalism with Republicans while running interference to help liberals out of jams and that crowd on Fox do exactly the same for Trump and right wingers. We need a new generation of journalist like Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, Chet Huntley etc and more centrist politicians from both parties.
These kinds of speeches are typically grandiose, Biden's was certainly very much so. If his administration and this Congress were to accomplish half of what he outlined last night he would go down as the most productive President in our life times. Productive not necessarily equating to successful depending how one looks at the issues and the mechanics surrounding all of it.
I don't know. Really, there isn't any realistic hope for bipartisan cooperation on most of those issues he outlined last night. Just where our government has gone to. There are the Democrat's idea, the Republican's ideas and then there should be some balance of both. Won't happen. I was reminded last night, I will never be happy with an American President until he or she is neither a Democrat nor a Republican.
The opposing party response is totally stupid and I wish they would scrap it. With that said, Tim Scott, he is a good spokesperson for the Republican. MSNBC's Joy Reid and Nicole Wallace ripped him apart as if he was a liar - I think some of his points aren't exactly the lies they were made out to be (stating that Democrats blocked/filibustered his police reform bill, comparing the early voting in NY to GA and work done with warp speed that set the current administration up for the vaccine rollout they are taking credit for), but they do not fit the philosophy of all things Republican being bad - so MSNBC slams him. Just like Fox mostly focused on the mask wearing and incorrectly cited CDC guidelines stating that nobody in the chamber should've been wearing a mask. It's no wonder why we keep getting more and more division and divisiveness on opposing views - I know consider the source right - cable news...but these are the places so many people turn to for news and information and guidance...or worse, twitter and facebook! I don't think America has a happy ending in the years ahead.
Back to Tim Scott, House Democrat Karen Bass said on MSNBC (after Reid and Wallace had ripped Scott to shreds) that he has been very cooperative and open minded and constructive when she has worked with him on the police reform bill that was passed out of the House. She credits Scott for this and explains his response speech as likely espousing party positions rather than his own.
If we could just get rid of these parties and remove the vilification of bipartisan cooperation our country would be so much better off. Alas, here again, I will never be happy as like electing an independent President, ending the duopoly of power in Washington feels impossible.
@nebish Help me with this one. The Biden Administration and many states want to legalize recreational marijuana yet today they announced they are banning menthol cigarettes!!
The problem with menthol cigarettes is they largely appeal to African Americans and the cooling effect of the menthol makes " the poison one induces into their lungs less harsh and undesirable" leading to lung cancer and other smoking related problems with your health.
So African Americans can switch to Acapulco Gold and suck all that tar and carcinogens into their lungs and get high, play Jimi Hendrix backwards, get behind the wheel and stop at the same stop sign five times because their depth perception is messed up and they are still too far back to see what is coming and that is just fine???!!!
If a man red, yellow, black or white wants to smoke Newports or roll up a big fat doobie with Zigzag rolling paper, they should have the right. If they don't then ban Jack Daniel which makes people mean, far more accident prone and makes your liver the size of a basketball. Yeah. That is what Butch Trucks said about Gregg's liver after years of boozing.
The ACLU just came out against it. Said it's racist to ban a certain kind of cigarette because a certain race likes them.
@robertdee - there are much more helpful members here to talk about the Administration and their policy towards marijuana.
As for the ACLU being against the menthol cigarettes because it "disproportionately impact Black and Brown communities" - man that is crazy! I can't believe that! That is like the ACLU opposing something like twinkies being discontinued because it disproportionately effects obese people!
I think people can smoke em if they got em - cigarettes are harmful and addicting, but if people want them, so be it, doesn't matter to me. If the administration wants to ban them, their intent is to promote a healthier society and population without them - some would think that is a good thing, not a racist thing. Banning menthol cigarettes is racist? Good old ACLU~
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-statement-fda-menthol-cigarette-ban
I don't know. Really, there isn't any realistic hope for bipartisan cooperation on most of those issues he outlined last night. Just where our government has gone to. There are the Democrat's idea, the Republican's ideas and then there should be some balance of both. Won't happen. I was reminded last night, I will never be happy with an American President until he or she is neither a Democrat nor a Republican.
It's incredible to me where our federal politicians (and closer to home too) have degenerated to. Both parties are partisan obstructionists not so much in favor of things as solely wanting to block anything the other major party supports. And in a way, maybe that's reflective of American society at the moment. Politicians have calculated that such behavior will get them elected/reelected, and after all, that's their main interest, staying in power.
I'm a staunch independent, I look at the individual not the party affiliation when I vote. It puzzles me when anyone can see the paralyzed gridlock that has become Washington politics, that no politician (or group of people) has sought or been able to organize a strong third party effort. That it hasn't happened with the current state of things tells me it likely won't ever happen. If not now, when?
"Is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?"
I don't know. Really, there isn't any realistic hope for bipartisan cooperation on most of those issues he outlined last night. Just where our government has gone to. There are the Democrat's idea, the Republican's ideas and then there should be some balance of both. Won't happen. I was reminded last night, I will never be happy with an American President until he or she is neither a Democrat nor a Republican.
It's incredible to me where our federal politicians (and closer to home too) have degenerated to. Both parties are partisan obstructionists not so much in favor of things as solely wanting to block anything the other major party supports. And in a way, maybe that's reflective of American society at the moment. Politicians have calculated that such behavior will get them elected/reelected, and after all, that's their main interest, staying in power.
I'm a staunch independent, I look at the individual not the party affiliation when I vote. It puzzles me when anyone can see the paralyzed gridlock that has become Washington politics, that no politician (or group of people) has sought or been able to organize a strong third party effort. That it hasn't happened with the current state of things tells me it likely won't ever happen. If not now, when?
Yeah, I don't think a third party will ever happen, and it is more likely to ever happen now than ever. There is just too much fear over "socialists" taking over or "white supremacist" taking over for enough people to meet in the middle.
I really try to vote for the individual and not the party, but I must admit that this is becoming harder to do. If your "side" doesn't hold the majority in congress, then Supreme Court nominees don't get voted on and in fact nothing gets voted on. You are either voting for the president's agenda or you are voting for obstruction. Sometimes the extremists in either party, whether The Squad or The QAnnon freaks, will have enough votes to change an outcome, but really they can talk all they want but will never get to see an agenda.
In his first 100 days, Joe Biden has accomplished more than all 45 presidents before him combined (lol, remember that line?)
In his first 100 days, Joe Biden has accomplished more than all 45 presidents before him combined (lol, remember that line?)
#13
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/28/trump-100-days-quotes-237770
Oh, the Trump quotes.
I am looking forward though to a future trip to South Dakota. I hear the addition of Joe Biden will be completed soon.
