A great deal of things occurred. Here are a few of the important things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Register for the e-mail variation
Mindful About Believing Your Own Rhetoric
Republicans who have actually turned Joseph R. Biden into a caricature of falling-down dementia and drooling incontinence have actually set the bar so low that anything above a flatline EKG from the president knocks them back on their heels.
They were left spluttering that Biden’s State of the Union was too loud and too campaign-y. They could not keep a standard level of etiquette in the chamber, providing Biden the opportunity to knock them around with advertisement libs and direct call outs, straight dealing with the GOP side of the chamber. He turned the call and action of the Black church into whack-a-MTG.
The strange media expectations-setting and gamesmanship of American politics set the phase for this type of efficiency, a Monty Python-esque “I’m not dead yet.” Biden still had to pull it off, and he did, in rousing style.
The stakes of this election are so high and the historical minute so terrific that Biden needs to reveal a determination to combat by really combating. Otherwise, the material of the message fails. If it actually is this crucial, you need to imitate it, not simply state it. He did that, too.
State Of The Union Highlights
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State Of The Union Coverage
- Semafor: President Biden savages ‘my predecessor’ in State of the Union
- Punchbowl: A lively Biden blasts GOP enemies
- Axios: Fired up Biden obstacles GOP on migration and abortion
- Politico: Biden picks a hammer over an olive branch
State Of The Union Reaction
- TPM’s Josh Marshall:
As he had the self-confidence to harp on towards completion of the speech, Biden is an old male. He’s over 80 years of ages. I believe individuals who’ve had these doubts, Democrats who have actually been stressed … I believe they will see this speech and believe, “Ok, I believe we can do this.”
With Trump unvanquished, and hook-or-crook desperate to return to workplace, it’s important that the public not forget his dreadful presidency or the risk he postures to flexibility in the U.S. and around the world. And to the level citizenshaveforgotten they require to be advised. … At the top of the speech, when viewership is greatest and press reporters form very first impres