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He’s helping secure things for the [Democratic] base

  He’s helping secure things for the [Democratic] base but he’s presenting himself as kind of a bipartisan, moderate person,” he said. “It’s a tough balancing act that I think he’s doing pretty well, but it means he’s not going to have huge enthusiasm among the Democratic base because he’s still trying to tilt to the middle to win those independents.” As Biden expresses hesitancy, experts believe that the president will eventually seek re-election. And in the wake of his State of the Union address — where the 80-year-old both touted bipartisanship and took shots at Republicans — many see Biden’s potential campaign message taking shape. Now in year three of his presidency, Biden sits above a divided congress — likely to pass little legislation. Essential to a successful 2024 bid is Biden’s ability to cooperate with Republicans when needed, but also make clear when the GOP is acting unreasonably, La Raja said.
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Their repertoire was not exactly radical, brimful as it was of the romantic

  Their repertoire was not exactly radical, brimful as it was of the romantic  European gems in which Bell has always excelled: Beethoven’s exuberant Violin Sonata No 1, composed in the final years of the 18th century , via glorious sonatas from Robert Schumann and César Franck, to Ernest Bloch’s moving “Nigun” from his Baal Shem Suite, composed in 1924. It was an unashamed celebration of a golden era of violin playing. Bell even inadvertently implied this when introducing the second of their two encores. Bloch, as he reminded us, studied violin with Eugène Ysaÿe —the “ biggest rock star of the violin, when violinists were rock stars”. Ysaÿe — who was taught by Henryk Wieniawski, composer of the encore — in turn taught Josef Gingold, who went on to teach a young . . . Joshua Bell. He hurriedly clarified, “Not to be putting myself in any way in that line!” Presenting this very familiar music — even Clara Schumann’s Romance No 1, their first encore, is now programmed with some r...
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