Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Biden’s Being Boring to Make Things Happen

Shunning drama and staying low-key appear to be more than a political and communications strategy.

May 25, 2021 at 7:30 AM EDT

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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President Joe Biden has famously made being boring an electoral and communications strategy. It’s both a contrast to his unpopular predecessor and a way of squaring an aggressive liberal policy agenda with a promise to revive normal politics and normal behavior.

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