Topic - William Howell

“In this era of hyper-polarization, the way you get compromise is walking right up to the edge of economic catastrophe and threatening default - on the other side we have a president almost threatening to invoke the 14th Amendment to do away with the debt ceiling," he said. “This is the stuff of partisan politics."

Just in case: Anxious retirees, social service groups among those preparing default contingency plan →

Even with abysmal approval ratings, the best strategy for Biden might be to simply keep doing what he's doing, giving speeches about what he's achieved, with lines that reporters might have heard before but that seem fresh to local audiences, said William Howell, a professor at the University of Chicago.

Biden's empathy shapes policy, but some voters don't feel it →