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Sohn: Joe Biden, Mike Pence, Russell Honore are leaders of the day

Vice President Mike Pence listens during a briefing about the upcoming presidential inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, at FEMA headquarters, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
Vice President Mike Pence listens during a briefing about the upcoming presidential inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, at FEMA headquarters, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool) Vice President Mike Pence listens during a briefing about the upcoming presidential inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, at FEMA headquarters, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Leadership in action

A sign of Joe Biden’s leadership is his “go big” plan to confront the coronavirus and revive our COVID-sickened economy.

On Thursday, Biden asked Americans to “imagine a future” beyond the virus. Devoid of a moderate Democrat’s typical shyness about government spending, he talked like a progressive, pledging “historic investments” in vaccinations and public relief, coupled with jobs creation in “infrastructure, manufacturing, innovation, research and development, clean energy.”

Then there was this: “Imagine a future made in America.” Sound a little populist? He went on: “We’ll use taxpayers’ dollars to rebuild America, buy American products, support millions of American manufacturing jobs.”

It sounds good. Like the beginning of leadership in unity.