The progressive uprising against a wide range of potential Joe Biden administration nominees reflects not only old ideological divisions among Democrats but also a new struggle over how the incoming president should advance his objectives in a closely divided Washington.
Many of the centrist potential Biden appointments who have drawn the most fire from the left … have long records of negotiating deals with Republicans and conservative-leaning business and other interest groups.
For that reason, the opposition to such potential appointees is becoming a proxy war for a much larger dispute among Democrats about how Biden can navigate a narrowly divided Washington in which Democrats at best will control only 50 seats in the Senate and no more than about 222 in the House. CONTINUED
Ronald Brownstein, CNN