President Biden delivers on infrastructure campaign promise By John Zogby
President Biden delivered on two distinct promises last week. He passed the first major infrastructure legislation in decades. And he managed to pass the same bill with bipartisan support. These were no small achievements.
Biden did so just as the Labor Department revealed that job growth last month was more robust than economists had anticipated. And the COP26 Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, has gone into overtime so that delegates can leave with some tangible commitments to reduce carbon emissions to more acceptable levels. Biden was at least able to sign an agreement in principle with China to move more expeditiously on climate change. For now, these are words, but words matter at least.
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Troubling, however, is inflation at an annual rate of 6.8%. Polls show that it is the top issue on voters' minds. The president called his first Cabinet meeting in months to plot a strategy, but supply chain bottlenecks and rising consumer demand will make this a huge challenge.
John Zogby (@TheJohnZogby) is the founder of the Zogby Poll and Zogby companies, including John Zogby Strategies, and author of We Are Many We Are One: Neo-Tribes and Tribal Analytics in the 21st Century America.
