If the race tightens, Biden wins a squeaker, and the GOP retains control of the Senate, the progressive agenda is dead, and the new administration will struggle just to keep the lights on. But what if we have a blue wave? Will the left’s demands be satisfied?
If there is, in fact, a blue wave, it will largely be due to the votes of older people who just want an end to the pandemic, the recession, and the daily drama. Biden will be at least as beholden to them as to socialist millennials. The filibuster obviously will continue to be a problem, too. And so, you will probably see tax increases on the rich, and more money spent on health care and social programs, but not a whole lot more than that.
What about funds for green infrastructure? I will address that issue tomorrow.