Joe Biden brilliantly executed his plan to pass legislation to bring COVID relief to millions of Americans across America and provide resources to help re-open schools safely and ensure the continued rollout of the COVID vaccine as quickly as possible. While there were twists and turns and bumps in the road along the way, the $1.9 Trillion package passed the Senate on Saturday and is virtually guaranteed of passing the House as soon as tomorrow.

Republican Senators, of course, complained that the process wasn’t bipartisan, simply because they withheld their approval as a bloc.  But in the real world, across America, the Relief Package did enjoy broad bipartisan support, with some polls showing that 50% or more of Republicans supported it.  The fact that Senate Republicans did not, simply means they are the ones who are out of touch with the American public (just as they are on Obamacare).

One Republican stronghold where Biden’s approach may have had unexpected, support (at least tacitly) was Mar-a-Lago.  You’ll recall that, the previous weekend, Former Guy (Individual-1) gave a speech at CPAC in which he forcefully stated that when the Administration holds all the cards in a negotiation, it shouldn’t give anything away. Now, Former Guy was referring to U.S. negotiations with Iran, and with rejoining the World Health Organization, but the same principle clearly applies when dealing with recalcitrant Republicans on the Hill.

Once President Biden had compromised within the Democratic caucus to ensure the support of all 50 Democratic Senators, he held all the cards, and there was no reason to compromise with Republican Senators, whose bad faith proposal they presented him in February amounted to less than one-third of the President’s package.  Mitch McConnell’s whining about the failure to act in a bipartisan way was simply a recognition that he had been rolled by President Biden and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.