White House Report Card: Starts like 2021 ended, bad polls, COVID fail

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This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden about to enter his second year in office in much worse shape than he did on Inauguration Day, when his party, backed by independent voters, was rallying around him and his aggressive agenda.

A year later, his plans for increased federal spending and taxes have been derailed, his polling is at an all-time low, unemployment is way down, but job creation is disappointing, and many Democrats expect the party to take it on the chin during the midterm congressional elections.

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