President Joe Biden focused on COVID recovery, not Dr. Seuss, NPR’s Tamara Keith says in Springfield Public Forum
Updated 9:31 PM;
At a virtual Springfield Public Forum on Thursday night, NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith said you won’t hear President Joe Biden weigh in on culture wars including over Springfield’s own Dr. Seuss while he’s pitching a pair of $2 trillion economic packages to Americans and Congress.
“If his goal was to be a president you don’t have to think about when you wake up in the morning, he’s succeeding,” Keith said, noting Biden’s avoided the fiery cultural wars and policy-by-tweet headlines of the previous administration. Instead, he’s “lowered the temperature” and stuck to “slow and steady” efforts to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control and boost the economy, Keith told moderator Ray La Raja, UMass Amherst political science professor and associate dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
NPR’s Tamara Keith to discuss President Joe Biden’s 1st 100 days at Springfield Public Forum Thursday, May 6 at 7 p.m.
Updated May 02, 2021;
After 100 days in office, President Joe Biden and his team haven’t produced any genuine surprises, according to NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith.
“And that’s their goal,” the veteran journalist told MassLive in an interview. “He wants to be somebody you don’t have to think about in the morning. There’s no covfefe.”
Almost four years ago, then-President Donald Trump sparked confusion and mockery by tweeting, “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.” Keith said the tweet marked just one of many chaotic episodes that frequently made headlines during the Trump administration. Trump’s first 100 days, she said, sparked outcry and legal challenges over “haphazard” actions and unvetted executive orders, such as the ban on travel from predominantly Muslim nations.
Polarizing Candidates Get Cash Boost in Democratic Vote Bill Bloomberg 3 hrs ago Bill Allison
(Bloomberg) Democrats in Congress are trying to increase the clout of small donors, yet a provision in their voting-rights legislation risks favoring candidates from either party who hold polarizing views and widening ideological divisions on Capitol Hill.
As part of the sweeping voting-rights bill, House candidates who opt into public financing would get a 600% match for individual contributions of as much as $200, a move intended to lessen the power of deep-pocketed backers. Small-dollar donors, however, tend to give more to candidates who draw national attention as firebrands meaning the provision could end up rewarding partisanship.
Polarizing Candidates Get Cash Boost in Democratic Vote Bill Bloomberg 7 hrs ago Bill Allison
(Bloomberg) Democrats in Congress are trying to increase the clout of small donors, yet a provision in their voting-rights legislation risks favoring candidates from either party who hold polarizing views and widening ideological divisions on Capitol Hill.
As part of the sweeping voting-rights bill, House candidates who opt into public financing would get a 600% match for individual contributions of as much as $200, a move intended to lessen the power of deep-pocketed backers. Small-dollar donors, however, tend to give more to candidates who draw national attention as firebrands meaning the provision could end up rewarding partisanship.
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(Bloomberg) Democrats in Congress are trying to increase the clout of small donors, yet a provision in their voting-rights legislation risks favoring candidates from either party who hold polarizing views and widening ideological divisions on Capitol Hill.
(Bloomberg) Democrats in Congress are trying to increase the clout of small donors, yet a provision in their voting-rights legislation risks favoring candidates from either party who hold polarizing views and widening ideological divisions on Capitol Hill.
As part of the sweeping voting-rights bill, House candidates who opt into public financing would get a 600% match for individual contributions of as much as $200, a move intended to lessen the power of deep-pocketed backers. Small-dollar donors, however, tend to give more to candidates who draw national attention as firebrands meaning the provision could end up rewarding partisanship.