#Closereading for today. You must be reading a different book than I: "if a theme emerged, it was the unmistakable reassertion of the political center." For context: the #debtceiling was raised 3x under #Trump with #default not being an option. The theme is an unmistakable lurch to the right. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/30/debt-limit-deal-power-centrists/
But it was a lurch to the left that threatened default: Democrats and Biden passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act that set this situation up, and then Biden threatened a default unless he was given expanded borrowing power.
Those on the far right demanded a lot to clean up the mess, and moderates won the day, solving the problem caused by the left while squashing demands of the extreme right.
There was a lurch to the left in this controversy followed by a return to the center despite the demands of the right.
