During previous emergencies, some presidents reached across the aisle to form a governing coalition. Today’s polarization makes that impossible.
Author: By Jeff Greenfield
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Presidents have little power to bring down rising prices. History shows the public doesn’t care.
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Opinion | The Roots of Democratic Disarray
The party never actually agreed on an agenda, even as Biden moved aggressively with the slimmest of margins in Congress.
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The strange story of how progressive reforms put power in the hands of the state’s most aggrieved voters.