they hate him because he beat Hillary. New Yorkers hate him for different reasons - a plethoria of them that I cannot even begin to list off.

I am not disagreeing that he has some moves that are similar to the old fashioned democrat. You make some good comparisons.

However - I don't think the topic of cuts are dead.

And you might want to peruse the demographic in Obama's border policies. Specifically his deportations.

There might have been a day that Biden did not want an open border - but he provided one just the same (whether he knew it or not)