There is already a change of tone just from the questioning during the press briefings.
I don't want to say that's it's back to the usual in regards to how press briefing feels much like it did under other presidents. Much less "What is the fire we're putting out today" and more "This is the plan, what clarifications/concerns are there."
Granted this is only the first day, but it defiantly conveys a stronger sense of leadership even at the level of press secretary. If the rest of the administration handles themselves with such clarity I have a lot of hope for where we'll be heading over the next few months.
I'll admit, I've never been a fan of Joe Biden. And no offense to his body of work but I always felt like, during the 2008 elections that he was much more a concession given to the more conservative wings within the Democratic party and a way of assuaging the fears of many of the more centrists within the Republican party.
At that level of the political game such things have to be done to keep tone and tenor civil.
A thing that the Trump administration kind of forgot about, and in some situations, completely ignored. It's understood that there are leanings and drives from party affiliation within the executive branch but the purpose of the executive branch is to bring balance and unity to between parties and objectives from all fronts.
At least that's the ideal of it.
One of the things that many of more conservative parts of the nation and individuals in the government will cry foul about is that Mr. Biden has not chosen a Republican representative within his cabinet. Typically this is done to keep balance in policy discussions and actions. However, after the Trump administration we had a very hard and heavy shift in the balance of the Judicial branch towards the conservative and many of the appointments and administrative decisions made by the Trump administration were in the vein of placing "loyalist" at high levels.
An action, which it would appear, has backfired.
When approaching the Republican party currently much caution needs to be taken with the emboldening of the the more radical actors within the party.
Honestly, in President Biden's shoes I would have made much the same move.
Hell, before the Trump presidency my leanings were much more Republican on the political spectrum than democrat and I'd still have chosen largely a Democratic cabinet. Because that would be the job.
I've always been more of the mind of small, focused, uses of government resources and placing much more control into the individual and local governments hands. The federal level of government, in my view is more for book keeping and consolidation of resources for larger interstate projects and for use in aiding on a global scale.
Some would argue that a global view isn't a very conservative standpoint.
However, having studied weather and geological sciences over the past three decades and weighing those against the teachings in some of the worlds oldest texts and belief systems I've found that global government, especially at current population levels requires such a view and scale of cooperation.
The resources of our world are not infinite and no matter which texts or belief you stem from the common factor amongst all of them is that we are either part of or stewards of the lands were we live and travel. From a true conservative standpoint finding the wisest ways to utilize those resources and lands is our responsibility the rain, wind, and birds in the sky do not recognize political borders or fence lines.
If anything the pandemic that the world is experiencing right now has shown a bright and harsh light on this truth. That a global recognition of need and responsibility is our next logical step. If the United States is going to be a leader in this global world then the swing towards representation that the incoming Biden administration is not only symbolic, but highly necessary from a number of stand points.
The first of which is honoring the American and U.S. ideal. A government where "All men are created equal."
The second of which is getting voices to the table that have been previously barred or largely quieted by those that believed that such voices shouldn't be in such positions of responsibility.
And the last is that of symbolism. So that the various people that live in the U.S. and the outlying regions feel like they are represented and have a "dog in the fight".
We're all in this together and we all have our parts to play no matter how large or small.
The only real concerns I have over the coming weeks is demilitarizing. That alt right and supremist organizations militarized and attacked the foundations of the government, trying to undo over a hundred years of progress made since the end of the Civil War in regards to equality and Civil Rights.
I'm going to say something that many people that have known me over the years hate hearing from me.
"I told you so."
Placing someone who from the start of their political career was bent on destabilization of leadership and in focused on the spectacle of the office over the nuts and bolts of it was bound to put us in the position we find ourselves in.
Let's be real.
Even though the Presidential office is the leader of the Armed Forces and can offer much in the way of moral boosts and motivation it is, at it's core a largely a clerical position.
Checking and rechecking intelligence and balancing it against the needs and goals of the nation.
The leader of a team and one that has to make decisions on matters that many situations that many do not even want to consider. The President is not a King, George Washington was clear on that when he chose not to take up a third term despite the desires of many that would come to be his successors.
The loyalty of the armed forces and intelligence community is to the office of President not the person or party that holds it. That is a distinction that Former President Trump failed to recognize and why we find ourselves so militarized for the first time since the heart of the Civil Rights movement.
President Biden has a hard road to tow, but my current analysis of his focus and actions says to me that he may very well be able to walk it.
The Nation needs him to because there is a lot of clean up to do before we, as a nation, can re-emerge from this pandemic as strong, or possibly stronger than we were before.
Stay Safe.
