REAL CLEAR POLITICS
Biden’s Biggest Decision
by Charles Lipson
January 25, 2021

Joe Biden’s new administration faces a murderers’ row of hard decisions on everything from controlling the Southern border to dealing with Iran. But one choice dominates all of them: Does Biden intend to govern from the center-left or to make more far-reaching concessions to his party’s progressive wing? Biden’s nominations and early executive orders suggest he wants to govern from the center-left, but his “sweet spot” will be much more progressive than President Obama’s because the Democratic Party has kept moving steadily left. How will President Biden resolve tensions between his party’s left wing and its establishment-corporate center? His first day in office showed one way. READ MORE