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Biden Reset the Race. Is it Better Late Than Never?
By Will Marshall
Founder and President of the Progressive Policy Institute
for The Hill
By ending his bid for a second term, President Biden did something Donald Trump could never do — he put his country’s interests over his personal ambitions. Biden showed Americans what real patriotism looks like.
Biden’s selfless act has thoroughly discombobulated Republicans, who reacted like kids at a birthday bash suddenly deprived of their pinata. Trump, who enjoys kicking people when they are down, huffed that Biden is America’s worst president ever.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) also descended into partisan hackery, insisting absurdly that Biden resign immediately. Nutty conspiracy theories took wing across MAGA world, including the claim that the “deep state” engineered Biden’s ouster from the race.
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New from the Experts
Lindsay Lewis, Executive Director: To Win, Harris Will Need to Follow Starmer’s Example
⮕ Progressive Britain
WATCH: Joe Biden’s Popularity Predicted to ‘Shoot Up’ in Coming Days Following Campaign Withdrawal, ft. Will Marshall, Founder and President
⮕ SkyNews Australia
Elan Sykes, Director of PPI's Energy and Climate Solutions Initiative: PPI Applauds Manchin-Barrasso’s Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024
⮕ PPI Statement
The Protectionist President Who’s Been Good for Trade — for now, ft. Ed Gresser, Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets
⮕ Financial Times
Trade Fact of the Week: The Paris Olympics has 329 medal events
⮕ PPI’s Trade Fact of the Week
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A New Economic Blueprint For The New Democratic Nominee
By Ben Ritz
Vice President of Policy Development
for Forbes
President Joe Biden’s historic decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential election has left Democrats beginning to debate what the future of the party should look like. While coming to voters with a new candidate at the top of the ticket, Democrats should also come to them with new ideas.
Vice President Kamala Harris — now the party’s presumptive nominee — should take the opportunity to not only embrace the president’s many accomplishments but also craft a governing agenda that improves on some areas where he could have done better. A new report published Tuesday by my colleagues at the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) and I, titled Paying for Progress: A Pragmatic Blueprint to Cut Costs, Boost Growth, and Expand American Opportunity, offers one possible framework for that agenda.
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More on PPI's Budget Blueprint
NEW REPORT: Paying for Progress: A Blueprint to Cut Costs, Boost Growth, and Expand American Opportunity
⮕ PPI Publication
New PPI Report Offers Democrats a ‘Radically Pragmatic’ Post-Biden Economic Blueprint
⮕ PPI Press Release
It’s Necessary to Tame the National Debt. And Surprisingly Doable., ft. Progressive Policy Institute
⮕ Washington Post
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Don't Miss These PPI Reports
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Mosaic Moment
The TRIUMPH Framework,
ft. Talila Millman
On this episode of Radically Pragmatic's Mosaic Moment, Mosaic alumna Talila Millman joins PPI's Sarah Paden to discuss her new book, "The TRIUMPH Framework." Millman draws upon her decades of experience in high-level Fortune 500 roles to provide her seven keys to leadership for the next generation of women leaders.
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Staff Spotlight: Laura Duffy
 Policy Analyst, Center for Funding America's Future
Laura Duffy is a Policy Analyst with PPI’s Center for Funding America’s Future, which develops fiscally responsible policy proposals to strengthen public investments in the foundation of our economy, modernize health and retirement programs to reflect an aging society, transform our tax code to reward work over wealth, and put the national debt on a downward trajectory.
Prior to joining PPI, Laura was the Executive Research Coordinator at Rethink Priorities, a research organization that identifies impactful areas for philanthropic spending. In this capacity, Laura helped design her team’s research agenda and developed innovative computational models to compare various charitable opportunities’ cost-effectiveness.
Before joining Rethink Priorities, Laura was a Community Organizer for Forward Montana in her hometown of Great Falls. There, she worked with local organizations to help register and turn out young people to vote during the 2020 election cycle. She also currently serves on the steering committee for the Center for New Liberalism, a grassroots organization that advocates for center-left policies that will create a more open and prosperous society.
Laura graduated from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Science in Statistics.
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