The ship is already on auto-pilot, meaning that Biden cannot do anything different. He does try to have the same strategy he had in the primaries, and this may even work (up to and including having no debates or just one debate with Trump).
I think in all of the progressive backlash to Biden that the key to his success has been overlooked. Bernie's bet was that the youth wanted progressive change and would turn out to see that happen. It's unclear to what extent he was right about appetite for progressive change because in the end the youth simply didn't turn out. Biden's bet was that people A) want Trump gone and B) want the ship of state to be stabilized instead of radically changed. He was right in as much at least that people did turn out in big numbers to vote for him.
I think we here at CFC tend to overlook that right now the US is fundamentally a center-right country and despite all the enthusiasm for progressive political action, at the end of the day there either isn't really enough support for progressive candidates or at least if there is, those voters simply don't show up. That may be a function of voter suppression and the fact that young voters have a hard time taking work off to vote or whatever but it still is what it is.
So basically, I think it's premature to write off Biden because he's too centrist and moderate when that actually seems to be what majority of actual voters want even if it's not what the vocal social media contingent want. He basically ignored woke twitter in its entirety and still pretty much crushed Bernie at the election as much as that sucks.
I also don't think there is currently a compelling reason for Biden to do anything different because of all of the above. He's basically aligned with the majority of actual voters at the moment and trying to pander more to the progressive wing of the party that didn't turn out for the progressive candidate won't necessarily win them over because most of those folks also want Trump out more than any other policy initiatives. On the other hand, playing to those progressives will likely alienate the centrists liberals into not voting.
The needle Biden has to thread now is showing support for the BLM movement while avoiding playing into the 'pro-anarchy' narrative that Trump is trying to paint him with. That is not an easy task, especially since Democrats have long worn the mantle of 'soft on crime' foisted on them by the right.
And having written that screed, I feel compelled to point out again that I voted for Bernie in 2016 and he was my second choice (behind Warren) this time around. While I am critical of him at times, overall he was by far my preference to Biden. The above isn't so much a strong endorsement of Biden or a damnation of Bernie, just my assessment of where things actually stand.
I like Michael Moore, dunno why he gets so much hate
He's a vocal progressive and that's reason enough for the Hannity crowd.
