The sneaky radicalism of Joe Biden's first few months in office

Joe Biden ran for president on a very simple idea: Government (and the country) works best when people from opposing parties work together. And he cast himself as someone who was uniquely suited to re-stoke the desire for bipartisanship in Congress (and the country).

"Today, on this January day, my whole soul is in this: Bringing America together," Biden said in his inaugural address. "Uniting our people. And uniting our nation." Then, later in that same speech, Biden offered this: