Republicans are fast-forwarding through the next month, referring to President-elect Donald Trump as the president long before his transition with President Joe Biden is over.
But although Democrats are upset by Biden’s disappearing act, Trump’s early assumption of power has created political risks of its own.
Democrats, including senior congressional leadership, have urged Biden to use his presidential powers, regarding everything from immigration to student loan debt forgiveness, while he still has it. Instead, Biden has ceded the limelight to Trump as the president-elect is greeted with more optimism and open-mindedness than 2016 amid a stock market surge, being named Time’s Person of the Year, and high-level meetings with foreign dignitaries.
For Democrats, such as Democratic strategist Jim Manley, a long-term aide to the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,…
