So, finally... What do you all think of the Biden/Harris win?

[From The Shadows]

So Biden is of course now finally in the white house and being a Dem that may be either good or bad to you. But we have the first woman VP who is also a woman of color. I didn't see any thread announcing it. Thoughts?

[CSTowle]

Most of the thoughts were covered back in November in the Politics thread. Tends to be a left-leaning sub (myself included) and mostly the feeling was relief. You can probably get a better feel for what the sub thought by just scrolling back several hundred pages on the Politics thread though, see it in real time.

[From The Shadows]

Most of the thoughts were covered back in November in the Politics thread. Tends to be a left-leaning sub (myself included) and mostly the feeling was relief. You can probably get a better feel for what the sub thought by just scrolling back several hundred pages on the Politics thread though, see it in real time.

Well.... there used to be that every presidential win that a thread would be posted I remembered it for Trump and all the presidents before it. So I was just interested. I do remember asking about it in the Politics thread a while back actually. But I figured a female VP and and being a poc would get its own thread. Sorry I started another thread about politics. .

[shooshoomanjoe]

Better than what we had but I wasn't expecting much. He did bring COVID cases/deaths down and waved vet medical fees though.

[Tien Long]

I'm happy with the win. Out of all of my friends who voted for Biden simply because he wasn't Trump, I actually liked his political stances. As a moderate who leans left, Biden spoke sense to me. Furthermore, he seemed like a real, honest, caring president. Hearing his eulogy for Senator McCain reminded me that the politics today could be about working together and not vitriolic, angry, juvenile BS on Twitter. Biden reminded me that of the ideals of the political institutions of America. Yeah, there's the reality of that, but Biden believes in the ideals. I like that.

As for Biden now, I like how he's working on multilateralism in politcs, working with other countries. I like how at the very least he's trying to make changes on climate change policy and racism. I'm leery of the massive spending that he's implementing. Trillions of dollars is trillions of dollars. While it could help the infrastructure of America, the payoff could happen in the 2030's. Yes, Biden has said that Americans making less than $400,000ish wouldn't be affected with taxes, but I'm still leery. I'm concerned about how this might affect big businesses. They've definitely to pay their fair share, but will they want to stay in America? I'm not too sure.

As for Harris, I like her too. In my mind, she and Biden are a tag team. Biden mentioned that Harris would be the last voice he consulted with before implementing policy. Her biggest challenge so far has been how to deal with undocumented migrants from Central America. JUry's still out on how well that was handled. However, she's certainly inspirational. As a teacher of a number of Black and brown children, especially young girls, she's seen as being a true example. Someone like them is a vice president. That means a lot.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

Biden is proving a lot more capable than expected. A lot of heavy stuff done in less than half-a-year (the stimulus, recognizing the Armenian Genocide, the Tulsa Visit and hearing, the Vaccination drives).

Harris though hasn't really impressed as VP. Her comments in her visit at Central America isn't very nice at all.

[BruceWayneJr.]

Almost anything would be better than the Trump debacle. That's the popular consensus in the United States.

My only regret is that all of Donnie's nonsense drowned out the historic conditions of Kamala Harris's achievement.