Washington establishment hails Biden victory as return to status quo

FOUR years ago, while covering the 2016 US presidential election, I made a special effort to enlighten The Business Times (BT) readers about the fluctuating moods in my own neighbourhood in Bethesda, Maryland, the lofty suburb of the nation's capital.

In my article ("Flawed media narrative in run-up to Nov 8?", BT, Nov 15, 2016), I noted that Bethesda was the "home of professional men and women who work in the capital city: a lot of highly paid federal government officials, lawyers, scientists, and even a few media types, including some of the leading columnists in New York Times and Washington Post, (who) all had one thing in common: They were hoping that Hillary Clinton would win - and they expected that that would happen! Indeed, there was one thing that I was sure about: none of my neighbours was going to vote for Donald Trump for president in November" .

I went on to explain that what brought most of my neighbours together was overriding any consideration of political party affiliation. It had to do with their membership in the Establishment.