"Lost in the shuffle": Republicans battle around Biden — for now

But in many of the battles the Republican Party has fought during Biden's early days in office, there's one person the GOP has largely ignored — Biden himself. "It's not really a unified front against him," a Republican Senate aide told NBC News, adding that Republicans need to better link culture war issues enthralling the GOP voter base and progressive policies to the president. "He sort of gets lost in the shuffle sometimes."... "I think a lot of our messaging is going to be focused on Chuck and Nancy versus focused on Joe," a senior GOP congressional aide told NBC News. "And we're just fine to have that fight."... "I think the messaging has been inconsistent from the Republican side," the Senate aide said. "And it was the same during the campaign, even with Trump. Not knowing exactly what to call him, or what the right route of attack is because it's switching between, 'Oh, is he a socialist or is he an establishment Dem that's been around too long?'