By John Ubaldi, “Ubaldi Reports”

The contentious 2020 presidential has now been decided days after Americans cast their ballots and Joe Biden has emerged triumphed defeating Donald Trump and will now become the next President of the United States.

The question now is can he govern, and which direction will he move to? Will he become a moderate pragmatist president, or will he align himself with the progressive element of his party, considering he chose Kamala Harris who is an ideological member of the socialist wing of the Democratic Party.

We will get a sense of which direction Biden will turn in the coming weeks when he begins to name his cabinet. There is speculation swirling around that he will name the progressive members of the Democratic Party such as Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren as Treasury Secretary and Vermont Democratic/Socialist Senator Bernie Sander as Labor Secretary.

The difference with the election of Biden as president he will not enjoy a massive majority of Democrats in both the House and Senate that accompanied Barack Obama when he won the presidency in 2009.

The question for Biden how he will get his proposals through a divided Congress considering moderate Democrats are extremely angry at progressive Democrats for pushing the party to take extreme positions that cost many their seats. This was on full display during a House Democratic conference call when moderates openly rebuked progressive Democrats.

Biden won the presidency without a clear mandate considering he based his entire 2020 presidential campaign as a referendum on Donald Trump. Biden never was challenged on his policy proposals nor was we pressed to explain them in detail.

The overarching first order of business for a Biden administration will be in handling the coronavirus. Biden and Harris routinely criticized Trump’s response but gave no details what he would different.

Even when Biden was interviewed on MSNBC by Joy Reid when she asked if you were president what you would do differently then what President Trump has done.

Biden gave six examples of how his approach would be different from Trump, unfortunately, Reid never pressed nor has any other media outlet reported that everything Biden suggested, the president is either doing or has done.

At this point we don’t know what he would do differently, except the possibility of a nationwide mask mandate.

The economy is the second top concern for Americans and Biden has stated that he wants to raise $4 trillion in new taxes and that no American making under $400,000 will see their taxes increase.

Again, he wasn’t pressed that Biden also mentioned that he would repeal the Trump tax cuts and would increase the corporate, individual, and investment taxes, but never explained how all of this would not impact middle class Americans.

The Tax Foundation states otherwise and that Biden’s tax proposals don’t raise enough revenue to go along with his trillions in new spending proposals, and they would indeed impact middle class America

One of the most controversial parts of Biden’s new polices is his version of “The New Green Deal,” which he has outlined a $2 trillion climate strategy and consistently stating he would not ban fracking.

Unfortunately, the media never fact checked his unity task force document which states, to reach net-zero emissions as rapidly as possible, Democrats commit to eliminating carbon pollution from power plants by 2035 through technology-neutral standards for clean energy and energy efficiency.

This is also reiterated in the Democratic Party Platform of 2020, to reach net-zero emissions as rapidly as possible, Democrats commit to eliminating carbon pollution from power plants by 2035 through technology-neutral standards for clean energy and energy efficiency.

What couldn’t not be done through legislation would Biden support a version of Operation Choke Point that would force banks to decline financing of the oil and gas industry?

Other issues from which Biden was silent on, nor was he pressed by the media is his stance on a second round of economic stimulus for the U.S. economy? Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Trump administration where at an impasse, especially as it relates to a fiscal bailout of states and legal protection for businesses.

Biden has never stated nor was he pressed by the media where he stood on these key demands by Democrats.

Other issues Biden will have to address;

  • The fiscal crisis in many Democratic run cities and states.
  • The vast array of civil unrest across the country.
  • The educational disparities in the minority communities.
  • Immigration.
  • The exploding national debt
  • Student loan crisis.

These are just a sampling of what he will have to confront come January, and since he wasn’t pressed on any of these topics while campaigning, he will now have to answer for them now.

The hard part for Biden is not how he will deal with Republicans but how will he deal with progressive Democrats who want payback for helping him get elected.