had a couple mandates; one was to not be donald trump, which he accomplished on day one, another one was to deal with the pandemic. he got a $1 is.9 trillion 1.9 trillion covid relief package through which was, you know, it s the about one and a half times how much we spent adjusting for inflation on the new deal. and he got 19 republicans to agree to an infrastructure bill for another trillion bucks or so. that could have been it for him in this first 100 days of his first year or even his first term, and it would have been a successful, mod a rate, you know, middle of the road kind of presidency. but instead he s been captured by the base of the party, and the base of the party is wildly out of step not just sort of the voters who made joe biden president, but with reality. i mean, when bernie sanders thinks it s like a serious talking point to say he s already compromised by coming down from $6 trillion to 3.5 trillion, you know, like, you know, put down the crack pipe.