Analysis: Biden scored a major legislative victory, but now comes the hard part

For starters, the availability of the vaccine does not mean that Americans will receive it.

Political complications for Biden in convincing reluctant Americans to get the vaccine also focused more intensely last week with a new CNN poll showing that 28% of Americans said they do not plan to get a vaccine. coronavirus vaccine, compared to 69% who said they would. (or you have already gotten a dose of the vaccine).

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp highlighted this issue during a news conference Friday after visiting a vaccination clinic in Atlanta where he said hesitation among “white Republicans” remains a concern and suggested expand partnerships between pharmacies and “local churches, civic clubs and others, to continue to increase trust and convince people that, look, that’s right.”

“We recognize, as a democratic administration with a Democratic president, that we may not be the most effective messenger to communicate with former president supporters. And we need to have a clear view of that,” Psaki said. that doctors, medical experts, and community leaders might be better suited to persuade this population.

Republicans are trying to reform the narrative about Covid’s relief bill

Biden stated at last week’s signing ceremony that his big relief bill, his administration’s first big win, was “just the beginning.”

And while many aspects of the bill are widely popular with the public, Biden’s plan to sell it on the road this week stems in part from what he considers the Obama administration’s failure to gain lasting public support. of the 2009 stimulus package that was passed after the 2008 economic collapse. (Obama took advantage of Biden to implement this bill).

Not a single Republican supported Biden’s package in either the House or the Senate, and many Republican lawmakers have branded him as too big, too expensive, and too disgusting in his spending, despite expressing support for certain provisions after it was approved. Others have argued that this level of economic stimulus is no longer necessary to make the economy roar again.

Ahead of Biden’s first prime-time speech Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the U.S. economy is on the road to recovery not because of the relief bill. but because of the “five historic bipartisan accounts” approved last year “to save our health care system, protect our economic bases and fund Operation Warp Speed ​​to find vaccines.”

“The American people already built a parade toward victory,” McConnell said. “Democrats just want to run in front of the parade and claim credit.”

But for Biden, this week’s trip is more than selling his first major legislative victory. It is part of his effort to rebuild Americans ’confidence in government and their ability to help the average people after four years in which Trump continually undermined government institutions.

If Americans buy that tone in this highly partisan climate it will go a long way in determining Biden’s success in the Oval Office.

In his first-ever speech, Biden promised to tell Americans if aspects of his stimulus legislation are short and extended that message Friday in the Rose Garden.

“It’s one thing to approve the American rescue plan. It’s another thing to implement it,” the president said.

“Rigorous supervision will be required to ensure that there is no waste or fraud, and the law does what it is designed to do … We need to get it right. The details are important, because we need to continue to build trust in the United States people whose government can work for them and deliver them “