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Neera Tanden and Antony Blinken personify the âmoderateâ rot at the top of the Democratic Party
Wishful thinking aside, on vital issue after vital issue, itâs foreseeable that Biden will not do the right thing unless movements can organize effectively enough to make them do it.
Sometimes a couple of nominations convey an incoming presidentâs basic mindset and worldview. Thatâs how it seems with Joe Bidenâs choices to run the Office of Management and Budget and the State Department.
For OMB director, Biden selected corporate centrist Neera Tanden, whose Center for American Progress thrives on the largesse of wealthy donors representing powerful corporate interests. Tanden has been a notably scornful foe of the Democratic Partyâs progressive wing; former Sanders speechwriter David Sirota calls her âthe single biggest, most aggressive Bernie Sanders critic in the United States.â Who better to oversee the budget of the U.S. government?