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Jim Fossel: Joe Biden is managing liberal expectations

by Jim Fossel June 20, 2021June 19, 2021

The Democratic president is getting a lot done – just not as much as the left wing of his party would like.

by Jim Fossel April 11, 2021April 10, 2021

Republicans lash out at big business and Democrats find some new friends, while corporations claim to discover a moral core.

by Bloomberg Opinion April 3, 2021April 2, 2021

Repairs are needed, but ending it altogether is more dangerous than many Democrats realize.

by MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press March 26, 2021March 26, 2021

Hopes for a bipartisan, independent commission to study the attack are fading as Republicans have rejected the proposal.

Michael Sutton filed paperwork last week to take on the incumbent in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District in 2022.

by Jim Fossel March 14, 2021March 13, 2021

A bipartisan deal is possible on public works investments, but Democrats will need to be ready to compromise.

by Kelley McDaniel Special to the Press Herald March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

If you keep calling someone by the wrong name, then you’re making a conscious choice to be disrespectful.

by Doyle McManus Los Angeles Times February 26, 2021February 25, 2021

There’s a reason Democrats treat the senator from West Virginia with deference: He’s their 50th vote.

by Ramesh Ponnuru Bloomberg Opinion February 4, 2021February 3, 2021

Joe Biden came into office with a very progressive platform. But it is entirely possible, even likely, that he won’t achieve much of it.

by Jim Fossel January 3, 2021January 2, 2021

Biden’s left-right-and-center coalition was welded together by dislike of the 45th president.