The infrastructure bill is a massive achievement for Democrats in a country where naming a post office requires herculean efforts thanks to Republicans hell bent on impeding progress. This is a bill to protect the water we drink and bridges we cross, to deliver reliable internet to our farms and modern equipment to our ports. Whether the American people will see it as such is a different question.
I would like to live in a place where what people think about Democrats depends on what Democrats say and do. But, in America, how this bill will affect voters’ views depends largely on how the media cover it. To date, stories have centered on legislative process and conflict, aka “Democrats infighting”. To be sure, there is division at play: but
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