Hard not to reach such a conclusion from reading The Hill this morning. The headline says “Biden Kept At Distance from McConnell in Border Talks.” But the lede of the story puts it differently, suggesting that Biden himself avoided the talks: “President Biden has kept a distance …”
Deep into the story, an unnamed Democratic senator gives away the game – they don’t know what Biden might agree to, it might even mean moving back to Trump’s border policies, which would send the Left Crazies into, well, even more Crazy.
[It’s one thing if Biden himself wanted to give Democrats more leeway to play hardball. Mark’s right, though; this reads more like Democrats are afraid that Biden will — in Obama’s alleged warning — “f*** things up” through sheer incompetence. “He could be dragged anywhere” is not a vote of confidence in the party’s nominal leader. And it strongly suggests that Biden is *routinely* ‘dragged’ into policy decisions, and these Senate Democrats know it. — Ed]
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