In The Shadow Of Mt Hollywood

Meaningful statements from President Biden and Speaker Pelosi about the outcomes of Tuesday's elections have been slow to emerge. Asked early Wednesday about whether the results changed the agenda for the House, Speaker Pelosi said, "No". And according to the AP, Biden looked at the results and suggested no reset was necessary for his White House. He spoke with certitude of the many factors grinding on Americans — the lingering pandemic, rising costs at the gas pump, uncertainty about the economy — as problems that would go away if he could just get his agenda passed. “If I’m able to pass, sign into law my Build Back Better initiative, I’m in a position where you’re going to see a lot of those things ameliorated quickly and swiftly,” the president said. And, “I’m not sure that I would be able to have changed the number of very conservative folks who turned out in the red districts who were Trump voters,” Biden said. “But maybe. Maybe.” Voter surveys tel...