Brooks Simpson

Government, even under Reagan or either Bush, was a larger entity doing a lot more things than government in either one of those two situations, to see it as tremendously radical is an overstatement. You can see that in fact from some of the real progressives in the Democratic party who are not necessarily happy that Biden isn’t going further and being much more confrontational.

He could have pushed for certain measures that would have no chance of passage even in his own party, he could, in other words, march with 'the Squad' and everything. He wouldn’t get anything done. There are limits. He cannot risk defections because, unlike impeachment and some other things, there aren’t going to be defections from the Mitt Romneys or the Susan Collinses on these issues.