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Biden inherited an economy that was flat on its back because of the pandemic, and he's bequeathing an economy that's flying high,
said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics
Factory construction just went through the roof … we’re building at twice the rate that we were before the pandemic, which is incredible,
Baker said
[The ... The $36 trillion national debt] is a significant burden for future economic growth, a significant burden for the well-being of our children and grandchildren, because it’s a big, big sword hanging over them,
Andreas Hauskrecht, clinical professor of business economics and public policy at the Indiana University Kelley School of BusinessWhen you get low unemployment, the people who benefit are disproportionately those at the bottom end of the labor market,
including marginalized groups such as Black workers, Hispanic workers, and people with disabilities, Dean Baker, economist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, told CNNWe wouldn’t blame the governor of Florida because they lost all this housing in a hurricane, that’d just be silly,
he said
It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes, based on the polling.”
This year, Biden also began sharing those thoughts aloud, telling USA Today in an exit interviewIt is not my nature to go quietly into the night,
she told staffers Thursday as she signed her desk at the White House, a tradition stretching back decadesI’m not going to be out of sight or out of mind,
Biden told reporters last week, though how he plans to make his voice heard in the months and years after departing office is unknown
Let’s just say I was disappointed with how it unfolded,
first lady Jill Biden told the Washington Post this weekIt will take time to feel the full impact of all we’ve done together. But the seeds are planted and they’ll grow and they’ll bloom for decades to come,
he said Wednesday evening during a 19-minute farewell address from the Oval OfficeStepping back into the No. 2 role is always hard,
the Democratic adviser said
I find it doesn’t quite matter what Biden thinks he could have done or couldn’t have done. Or anybody else,
Lee told CNN
She was loyal to her detriment,
a separate former Harris adviser said, also speaking on condition of anonymity because the vice president has urged her associates to treat Biden with grace as he leaves officeHe’s forever frustrated we didn’t tell a good enough story about what the administration did,
a senior White House official told CNNWhile my term in office is ending, the work continues,
Biden said in a speech to mayors on Friday, one of his last public appearances as presidentI think she’s competent to run again in four years,
Biden told reporters late last weekI think I would have beaten Trump, could’ve beaten Trump,
Biden saidIt’s a sign of disrespect whether he intends it or not,
a former Harris adviser told CNN, speaking on condition of anonymity to speak openly about the frayed dynamic between the two and many of their longtime loyalistsBiden, because of some of the legislation that he was able to muscle through, is going to look pretty good,
John MacNeil, a longtime Democratic consultant, Biden supporter, told Fox News
President Biden ran on and was elected on a platform of a return to normalcy in 2020. And while voters appear to have wanted that in principle, history will remember Biden as having been unable to deliver on his promise,
veteran political scientist Wayne Lesperance, the president of New England College, told Fox News