My point is, Biden doesn’t even try stuff like this; he doesn’t do risky things that might lead to political backlash. He plays it safe and obeys the political norms, and within those limitations does everything he can. I understand his strategy, even if I disagree with it.
It was safe because he left himself open to being stopped and he followed all the rules. It’s all within the norms of government. It was a smart political move, too, because it made people hate the illegitimate court even more than they already did.
Unsafe would be ignoring the Supreme Court’s decision and just doing it anyway. As the apocryphal quote goes, “The Supreme Court has made it’s decision, now let them enforce it.”
The only actions in office that aren’t safe are actions which are, by definition, dangerous or have some kind of risk of consequences.
Biden didn’t risk anything by setting up student loan forgiveness to be struck down. That doesn’t actually hurt him politically at all, and in fact, strengthens his political case against the Republican party! What actual risk or danger did he face by getting challenged in the Court? The worst thing they could do is say “No” - that’s nothing! He played it safe and he always does.
I don’t think he made the “wrong” choice, by the way. The only other choices he could have made would have resulted in actual political or public backlash onto him or the party or the government and its institutions. He chose the safe path. It makes perfect sense.
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We’ll see.
My point is, Biden doesn’t even try stuff like this; he doesn’t do risky things that might lead to political backlash. He plays it safe and obeys the political norms, and within those limitations does everything he can. I understand his strategy, even if I disagree with it.
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It was safe because he left himself open to being stopped and he followed all the rules. It’s all within the norms of government. It was a smart political move, too, because it made people hate the illegitimate court even more than they already did.
Unsafe would be ignoring the Supreme Court’s decision and just doing it anyway. As the apocryphal quote goes, “The Supreme Court has made it’s decision, now let them enforce it.”
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The only actions in office that aren’t safe are actions which are, by definition, dangerous or have some kind of risk of consequences.
Biden didn’t risk anything by setting up student loan forgiveness to be struck down. That doesn’t actually hurt him politically at all, and in fact, strengthens his political case against the Republican party! What actual risk or danger did he face by getting challenged in the Court? The worst thing they could do is say “No” - that’s nothing! He played it safe and he always does.
I don’t think he made the “wrong” choice, by the way. The only other choices he could have made would have resulted in actual political or public backlash onto him or the party or the government and its institutions. He chose the safe path. It makes perfect sense.
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It failed because the Supreme Court stopped him, he can use that to his advantage.
It’s like with abortion. RvW was overturned and it only benefited Democrats. This will have the same effect, I think.
EDIT Wait shit I said you could have the last word - sorry, clicking “show context” doesn’t actually show context atm lol
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