The Biden administration passed $3 trillion of legislation aimed at revitalizing the American economy and fostering green, equitable, 'middle-out' growth. It sent checks to voters, canceled student-loan debt, made direct deposits to parents, showered the country in tax credits, and financed the construction of roads, transmission lines, and bridges. Kamala Harris ran as Joe Biden's successor in the midst of what some financial analysts described as the greatest economy ever, characterized by strong wage growth, low unemployment, falling inequality, and world-beating GDP. Harris's loss has spurred finger-pointing, soul-searching, and garment-rending. For years, thinkers on the left had urged the White House to not just talk about popular issues but also deliver on them'a concept referred to by wonks as deliverism. The Biden-Harris team embraced the idea, and many staffers believed they'd delivered. Deliverism is just a long word for one of the most basic tenets of electoral politics,...
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