the mandate

The hole that Hoover dug, gave FDR 

a mandate for reforms long overdue.
Republicans were impotent to mar 
Progressive statutes when the Deal's all New.
A rear-guard action by the"Nine Old Men"
comprised a hurdle of another sort.
But they dropped their obstructive posture when
he threatened--credibly--to pack the court.
A new recession was bequeathed to Joe
and it's not clear his Senate will be Blue.

Beyond his basic impulse to go slow,

there may not be a lot that he can do.
Two Georgia run-off ere this year is through

will circumscribe how much Joe gets to do.