Biden Is Projected To Be The President-Elect. Here’s How It All Went Down.

Biden will likely begin his term with the lowest expectations of any recent president-elect. It will be easy to not act like Trump and to be empathetic, which were the main differentiators raised in the campaign. He’ll certainly be expected to address COVID-19, but that might be achieved in the public mind merely by taking it more seriously (as he has during the campaign). Although there was a large policy agenda, a tied or opposition-dominated Senate will diminish policy expectations.

And, Clare, this speech is a stark contrast to Trump’s rhetoric of singling out “Democrat-run” cities and states when discussing everything from protests to COVID-19 outbreaks.

“I am humbled by the trust and confidence you’ve placed in me … who doesn’t see red states and blue states.” Biden is basically repeating what he said the other night, and, as Dan noted, echoing Obama. And I guess you can’t blame him; his Obama echo has been one of his strongest campaign strategies.