That’s not how that works. Biden has very real power, not just rhetorical. For example he can deploy the military wherever he wants for 60 days. He can direct an agency to only do half of it’s job. (Trump famously removed all the furniture from the office meant to help people find immigration detainees) If you’re not American then think of him as a prime minister/CEO. The Vice President gets a portfolio from the president. Without that their only job is to break ties in the Senate and stay alive.
Some administrations have had a division of labor for whipping votes, but that is primarily the job of the party whip and leader for each chamber.
Agree to disagree on the power she has, and I know very, very well how all this works.
I think you are failing to appreciate the role of rhetoric in leadership and politics and how things actually work. The job is ENTIRELY rhetorical and the job of the President is to move public opinions in specific ways toward policy positions they want them to take.
Everything after the rheotoric is an afterthought.
Rhetoric is a tool. But the powers of the presidency go well beyond them. A think tank spokesman is a rhetorical position. The president is a CEO. And I doubt you have the inside scoop on their specific working relationship. If you did and you were posting about it here then it would be news.
Saying she has to move Biden or else she’s complicit is just trying to guilt her by association. The only concrete thing she could do is resign and that’s political suicide in the US.
That’s not how that works. Biden has very real power, not just rhetorical. For example he can deploy the military wherever he wants for 60 days. He can direct an agency to only do half of it’s job. (Trump famously removed all the furniture from the office meant to help people find immigration detainees) If you’re not American then think of him as a prime minister/CEO. The Vice President gets a portfolio from the president. Without that their only job is to break ties in the Senate and stay alive.
Some administrations have had a division of labor for whipping votes, but that is primarily the job of the party whip and leader for each chamber.
Agree to disagree on the power she has, and I know very, very well how all this works.
I think you are failing to appreciate the role of rhetoric in leadership and politics and how things actually work. The job is ENTIRELY rhetorical and the job of the President is to move public opinions in specific ways toward policy positions they want them to take.
Everything after the rheotoric is an afterthought.
Rhetoric is a tool. But the powers of the presidency go well beyond them. A think tank spokesman is a rhetorical position. The president is a CEO. And I doubt you have the inside scoop on their specific working relationship. If you did and you were posting about it here then it would be news.
Saying she has to move Biden or else she’s complicit is just trying to guilt her by association. The only concrete thing she could do is resign and that’s political suicide in the US.