Trial Ballon: Biden Previews Reelection Campaign in One-Sided Appeal for Bipartisanship

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The second State of the Union address by President Joe Biden was his first given to a Republican majority House. This is likely why he opened the speech by praising his belief in bipartisan collaboration. This was also his last State of the Union speech before the 2024 election season, which is why he tried to pick fights against Republicans and channel the populist spirit of Donald Trump (his former and possibly future political opponent).

Tuesday’s speech gave a glimpse of Biden’s soon-to be-announced reelection campaign. He waved the banner of bipartisanship as a matador’s cape and offered a preview. He asked Republicans to join him in continuing the work of building on the “historic” Progress of his first two years as an officeholder, when Democrats controlled both Houses of Congress.

“To my Republican friends, if we could work together in the last Congress, there’s no reason we can’t work together and find consensus on important things in this Congress as well,” Biden said. “Let’s finish the job.”

Knowing full well that such bipartisan cooperation is unlikely to materialize—as evidenced by the repeated jeers from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.) and others—Biden’s “finish the job” Refrain can be best understood as an appeal by American voters for him to reelect himself in 2024 and restore Democratic power to Congress so that they can pass their controversial agenda with no Republican support.

Biden addressed Congress with all the confidence that one would expect from a president who is willing to forgo the bitter primary fight Republicans are about wage against themselves. Biden positioned himself as a moderate and sensible man, standing out from the rest. “The people sent us a clear message,” He said. “Fighting for the sake of the fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict, gets us nowhere.”

It is a message that polls well and also some of Biden’s other proposals, which could be called soft core Trumpism. Reviving the manufacturing industry and increasing domestic consumption will make the country great once again. Continue to “powerful interests” While protecting Medicare and Social Security. Restoring national “pride” Part of the a “blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America” It invests in “places and people that have been forgotten,” While promising not raise taxes on Democratic Party’s urban base of professionals earning between $300,000 to $400,000 a year,