Biden presidency: return to ‘normal’ belies an audacious agenda
“Just imagine,” tweeted Pete Buttigieg last October, “turning on the TV, seeing your president, and feeling your blood pressure go down instead of up.”
Joe Biden’s first hundred days in the White House appear to have been successful in lowering the nation’s blood pressure after a four-year white knuckle ride with Donald Trump.
Americans no longer dread awakening to all caps tweets that run the gamut from threatening war to insulting some celebrity’s looks. Journalists express gratitude for getting their weekends back. Cable news has returned to its old drumbeat of hurricanes, mass shootings and the British royal family soap opera.
It is evidence that Biden has adopted a get-out-of-the-way approach, returning to the stylistic norms of
