Biden could have 3 wishes and a willing genie
Without control of the Senate, all he has a W against Trump in the General Election, which means nothing in the long run
Obviously Biden won't be able to get much thru the Senate. The point is that pandering to Republicans does nothing to help the situation and just makes Dems less likely to win future elections.
There are basically two ways to go -
1. Biden dikkrides Republicans and panders to them; they block everything regardless. Because he spent all his time pandering to Republicans, Dem voters are less likely to turn out in 2022 and the GOP probably wins the house.
2. Biden tells Republicans to either do their job and work with him, or kick rocks while he writes EOs. They block everything regardless, but at least Dem voters are fired up to vote them out in 2022/2024.
I'd prefer the second option.