Posted on 06/19/2022 11:08:43 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
CNN)Joe Biden has made vindicating democracy the central objective of his presidency. Improbably, he has found more success abroad than at home so far.
The President's signal achievement has been uniting Western democracies in defense of Ukraine against Russian leader Vladimir Putin's authoritarian aggression. Biden and NATO partners have helped prevent Russia from overrunning its smaller, weaker neighbor.
Yet Biden himself stands to get politically overrun within months by Republican opponents at best indifferent and at worst hostile to preserving America's own democracy. Facing an electorate upset by inflation, crime and the lingering pandemic, the White House has watched the President's approval rating fall to levels that almost guarantee the Democratic Party will lose control of one or both houses of Congress in the midterm elections.
Bare congressional majorities have complicated Biden's ability to deliver economic benefits. For the same reason, attempts to bolster democracy through federal legislation safeguarding voting procedures and election administration have gone nowhere.
That Republicans have become "the Achilles' heel" of American democracy has historical precedent. The preservation of democratic systems has typically depended on whether center-right parties representing traditional powers within a society adapt to competing in elections rather than thwarting them.
This year, Republicans command such high political ground that they may not need to challenge election results. But Republican ascendance this fall, like Biden's 2020 victory, won't resolve the fight to preserve democratic institutions.
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So it’s not democracy when Republicans win?
What a biden load!
The words “Our Democracy” emanating from the mouths of ‘Rats means “Our Revolution” in every case.
Good grief!
In which alternate universe?
“Improbably, he has found more success abroad than at home so far.”
Huh? The creature is universally a punchline!
Nobody, not abroad and not at home, has any respect for Biden.
CNN is, again, reporting fake news.
Democracy! Like that is something is good. This is what happens when people go to government indoctrination centers instead of real schools.
Biden doesn’t give two shakes about democracy or our Republic
Well if the new head of CNN is serious about ending the hyperpartisanship there Harwood and Acosta should be the first to go…with many more to follow.
America IS NOT a democracy.🙄
The sheep eat this crap up
John Harwood.
He was the far left activist that was allowed to moderate the 2015 presidential debate.
Bull$hit! They have the White House and both houses. Republicans are all back of the bus. Ask Obama.
CNN:lies written in h—l.
Defense of democracy? Like how Biden defended democracy in Afghanistan?
I could sh!t a better president.
Panic Porn from a Partisan Media Shill and Stooge alert.
So his one “success” is pouring tens of billions of taxpayer dollars down the rathole of Ukraine, crippling our economy still further and losing anyway?
Sounds about right.
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