Jonathan Chait: “The central Republican attack line on Joe Biden has always been that he is not in charge of his own administration…”
“The Trump version of this attack is a characteristically deranged conspiracy theory, in which some other person, either Barack Obama or Kamala Harris, is actually running the presidency while decrepit Joe Biden is being spooned mouthfuls of apple sauce.”
“Meanwhile, less-deranged conservatives have made a more plausible version of this charge. The real power in the administration is the left-wing staff that makes all the policy decisions and has relegated Biden to the role of front man, reassuring the public he is sane and moderate while actually carrying out a radical agenda he only vaguely comprehends.”
“But Biden’s hawkish policy on Israel proves clearly that he is in control of his administration and is very capable of resisting the left.”
