People on the left in the USA already lobbing poo at Biden for him reaching out for peace on all political sides. He ain't speaking to you or the extreme Trumpers. He's talking to blue collar Joe of the Midwest. He's talking to the Stacey McCain's of the conservative sunbelt 1/
He's talking to soccer moms of Utah and Montana. He's speaking to southern Latinos who still see the Democrats with misgiving eyes. He's speaking to New Yorkers, New Englanders. He doesn't need to deal with extremes of both sides 2/
They will continue to fight their endless culture war battles, whilst hopefully America heals and grows after what was a pretty awful four years. Joe needs to rebuild trust on the international stage as well as continue to push an American first strategy, so loved in many parts 3
Good luck to him because the likes of AOC will snipe from within whilst Fox will carry on being the bin fire it is until Rupert dies and Lachlan can attempt to root it into some kind of reality. Four years isn't enough for Joe, that's why he's looking towards 24 already 4/
Maybe Labour can learn a lesson from this and the Tories. Winning elections isn't about the here and now. It's about winning and planning for a decade of rule.
Here endeth my sermon.
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