Democratic nominee Joe Biden is shrugging off calls within his party to embrace the kind of pure power tactics Republicans are adopting
Liberals are furious. And they want Joe Biden to channel their angst and calm their nerves by advocating for every tactical maneuver available to stall Donald Trump’s coming Supreme Court nomination in the Senate.
A creature of the Senate for more than three decades, Biden has long argued that once Trump is out of the way some old norms will be restored and the two parties might be able to collaborate. But before Sunday, he’d never tested his own ability to persuade — especially his optimism, despite evidence it's unwarranted — as a presidential nominee in such an explicit way.
Biden saved his toughest talk for Trump and the Senate leader, though he also called out Lindsey Graham, the Judiciary Committee chair. For Trump, Biden contended, it’s all a game, a play to “gin up emotions and anger." And with Trump, McConnell is trying to, jam through the nomination as “an exercise in raw political power.”
Increasingly, Biden's speech is looking like it was aimed at not a group of three or four, but an audience as small as one: Sen. Mitt Romney. If Romney were to oppose McConnell’s push for a quick vote, the majority leader would have no votes to spare — and Vice President Mike Pence would have to step in to break the tie.
If those proposals do worry Biden, he’s trying to direct attention elsewhere. An aide said Biden is closely coordinating with Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. They described them as unified in the belief that the Supreme Court fight underscores the importance of the election, particularly around health care during the pandemic, with the Trump administration trying to undermine the Affordable Care Act in the courts.
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