Amusing to see the radikiddies-but-still-electoralists tantruming that Biden even negotiated the debt ceiling well rather than Green Lanterning through. Kind of hope they try to make a thing of it so they can get smacked down in the ensuing fight; Biden himself is reassuringly continuity-establishmentarian but he hasn’t really done anything to purge his party or render it safe ex-him

(ignoring the Covid maximalists to renter the world is a good start to reining in the trend starting with Bill Clinton feeling our pain that government’s just gotta do something to pacify people who cry out loudly and agonizingly enough by imposing costs on everyone else, but their approach of just not engaging won’t leave clear lessons for the rest of the party)

And what’s their leverage here? I occasionally see foot-stomping that Biden depended on their votes for election and will for reelection, but like, if they tried to sabotage his reelection and fail they could just be totally dismissed, and if they succeed… was Kerry ‘04 more solicitous of Naderites after Gore '00? I don’t see it.