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"Go big and simple, Biden" is fast becoming a meme, and the advice is closely linked to work on "policy feedback" to which I've contributed. So I wanted to provide some background and nuance. (1 of 5)
First, I recommend this: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0002716219871222?casa_token=ZeQgssHMqpMAAAAA:l25Xi_jGw3hz_eP2oUePtWzgqExarXc11FN4XN4dubGjoeGqcppxs6TQGeux1k_C9whCelbVH55O-g
First, I recommend this: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0002716219871222?casa_token=ZeQgssHMqpMAAAAA:l25Xi_jGw3hz_eP2oUePtWzgqExarXc11FN4XN4dubGjoeGqcppxs6TQGeux1k_C9whCelbVH55O-g
This Annals issue is about how to use policy to build power. Yes, you have to do big, popular things that people can easily trace to government (think big checks, not hidden tax cuts). But the contributors also show that interest groups are often more important than voters. 2/
If you can weaken (or even wipe out financially) opponents and strengthen (or even create) allies, that can go much farther in our polarized politics than just getting people to like your policies. 3/
Three salient examples: rebuilding labor, create a public health jobs corp, and seeding a huge alternative energy industry. These are worth a lot in terms of grassroots and organized pressure in the future. 4/
Political reforms like those in HR1/S1 are hugely important, too. The point of the policy feedback scholarship is that even policies that don't seem like democracy reform can strengthen democracy. (See, e.g. @SuzanneMettler1, @ChloeThurstonDC, @povertyscholar, @EricPatashnik.) 5/
