I think Joe Biden is starting to channel Harry Truman. And anyone who knows a little bit about Harry Truman knows that Harry Truman in 1948 was giving a big speech, and he was going through the list point by point of how Republicans were blocking all the good things, they were standing in the way of progress.
Boxer compares Biden's approach to that of Truman, emphasizing the need to confront Republican obstruction.
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