{"id":18073,"date":"2021-02-02T19:57:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9019685"},"modified":"2021-02-02T19:57:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T19:57:54","slug":"on-sunday-shows-the-only-biden-promise-that-matters-is-compromise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/02\/on-sunday-shows-the-only-biden-promise-that-matters-is-compromise\/","title":{"rendered":"On Sunday Shows, the Only Biden \u2018Promise\u2019 That Matters Is Compromise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the Biden administration focused on passing a massive Covid relief package<\/a> as its first major legislative action, the Sunday morning political talk shows tackled the issue with remarkable uniformity, fixated on exactly the wrong questions.<\/p>\n “Are the Democrats about to give up on bipartisanship too soon?” asked Chuck Todd<\/a>, host of NBC<\/b>‘s Meet the Press<\/b> (1\/31\/21<\/a>).<\/p>\n “I want to start with unity,” declared Martha Raddatz<\/a> on ABC<\/b>‘s This Week<\/b> (1\/31\/21<\/a>):<\/p>\n Unity was the focus of Joe Biden’s campaign, the reason he said voters should turn to him. He predicted a GOP epiphany after the election. But the lack of even gaining one Republican vote so far for Covid relief, what does that mean going forward in terms of unifying the country?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n