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Bunker USA: Joe Biden wants to ‘finish the job’. Can he?

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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Julie Norman is an associate professor of politics and international relations at UCL. She says Biden's biggest weakness is trying to be a voice of moderation on the one hand and a progressive trailblazer on the other. He took a different tack in this speech playing to the current reality of a divided government, she says. And because of that we see Biden leaning back into some of his more earlier campaign messaging with bipartisan legislation focusing on policies that appealed to a lot of blue collar workers," writes Norman. "Biden seemed to relish it dealt with it like a pro."

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