"Call it a December surprise: Joe Biden is on a roll."
"Approaching the midpoint of his presidency, Biden is racking up an unexpected string of victories at a point when most sitting presidents are long past their honeymoon phase and are confronting a voter backlash."
"Most presidents who’ve reached this point in the term are sorting through the wreckage of a humbling set of midterm elections. Since Franklin Roosevelt first took office in 1933, presidents have lost an average of 28 House and four Senate seats in the midterms. Biden’s party sealed a one-seat Senate majority thanks to Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock’s runoff victory Tuesday over Republican challenger Herschel Walker. While Democrats lost the House, they staved off the widespread defeats that past presidents endured. (A “shellacking” is how then-President Barack Obama described his party’s 63-seat loss in the House in 2010.)"
"Within hours of Griner’s release, the House fulfilled a Biden legislative goal, passing a bill that protects marriage for same-sex couples. In a 2012 interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” when he was vice president, Biden came out in favor of same-sex marriage, and he is expected to sign the measure into law."
"Gas prices, meantime, have dropped to their lowest levels in a year, now averaging $3.33 a gallon for regular. A sunny jobs report covering November showed that the hiring trends are continuing while wages rose more than 5% over the previous year."
"“What a week for the Biden Admin!” tweeted Jim Messina, who was Obama’s 2012 campaign manager. “Since Tuesday— Warnock wins by nearly 3 points; Brittney Griner home for Christmas; Marriage equality bill on its way to Biden’s desk.”
"Biden spoke to Griner from the Oval Office as she was on the tarmac, waiting to fly to San Antonio for a medical check. She was ebullient about her freedom, a senior Biden administration official said."
“It’s Joe Biden,” the president told her. “Welcome home!”
Biden notches political, policy and diplomacy wins to cap year
"Approaching the midpoint of his presidency, Biden is racking up an unexpected string of victories at a point when most sitting presidents are long past their honeymoon phase and are confronting a voter backlash."
"Most presidents who’ve reached this point in the term are sorting through the wreckage of a humbling set of midterm elections. Since Franklin Roosevelt first took office in 1933, presidents have lost an average of 28 House and four Senate seats in the midterms. Biden’s party sealed a one-seat Senate majority thanks to Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock’s runoff victory Tuesday over Republican challenger Herschel Walker. While Democrats lost the House, they staved off the widespread defeats that past presidents endured. (A “shellacking” is how then-President Barack Obama described his party’s 63-seat loss in the House in 2010.)"
"Within hours of Griner’s release, the House fulfilled a Biden legislative goal, passing a bill that protects marriage for same-sex couples. In a 2012 interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” when he was vice president, Biden came out in favor of same-sex marriage, and he is expected to sign the measure into law."
"Gas prices, meantime, have dropped to their lowest levels in a year, now averaging $3.33 a gallon for regular. A sunny jobs report covering November showed that the hiring trends are continuing while wages rose more than 5% over the previous year."
"“What a week for the Biden Admin!” tweeted Jim Messina, who was Obama’s 2012 campaign manager. “Since Tuesday— Warnock wins by nearly 3 points; Brittney Griner home for Christmas; Marriage equality bill on its way to Biden’s desk.”
"Biden spoke to Griner from the Oval Office as she was on the tarmac, waiting to fly to San Antonio for a medical check. She was ebullient about her freedom, a senior Biden administration official said."
“It’s Joe Biden,” the president told her. “Welcome home!”
Biden notches political, policy and diplomacy wins to cap year
