{"id":2194621,"date":"2024-03-07T06:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T11:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-of-the-union-2024-biden-gets-big-podium-for-reelection-pitch\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T06:49:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T11:49:02","slug":"state-of-the-union-2024-biden-gets-big-podium-for-reelection-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-of-the-union-2024-biden-gets-big-podium-for-reelection-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"State of the Union 2024: Biden gets big podium for reelection pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-of-the-union-2024-biden-gets-big-podium-for-reelection-pitch%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2194621&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address on Thursday night will give him a chance to lay out the policy priorities for his fourth year in office.<\/p>\n<p> But it also presents an opportunity for him to make his case to an increasingly skeptical public before November\u2019s general election that he, not former President Donald Trump, should get a second term.<\/p>\n<p> When Biden addresses a joint session of Congress from House Speaker Mike Johnson\u2018s (R-LA) rostrum, it will be the most important speech of his career, according to Douglas Heye, the former communications director for the Republican National Committee.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cA big part of that is, exactly, there\u2019s so much riding on it,\u201d Heye told the Washington Examiner. \u201cWe are now, without a doubt, in a general election, and Biden\u2019s very aware of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Two days after Super Tuesday all but cemented a rematch of 2020, the State of the Union will be one of the largest, \u201cunfiltered\u201d platforms Biden will have between now and Election Day, said former White House spokesman Eric Schultz, particularly since there may not be any debates.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe president\u2019s mission is to remind the country why he earned our support four years ago and to demonstrate why he deserves another four,\u201d said Schultz, the former principal deputy press secretary to President Barack Obama. \u201cThe speech can always be a policy hodge-podge, but if Biden can remind us why we believe in him, he\u2019ll have accomplished all he needs to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Biden\u2019s style is set to be more significant than his substance, Heye agreed, especially amid speculation about Biden\u2019s 81 years of age and his memory fueled by special counsel Robert Hur\u2018s report.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt decreases the expectations, but it raises the stakes,\u201d Heye said. \u201cExcept for this group here that wants to hear specific language on an issue and that group over there, same thing, which happens at every State of the Union, this is about how Biden performs in the moment. If he has a senior moment, what does that mean, and is that the takeaway from the speech?\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Though Ronald Reagan biographer Craig Shirley downplayed the State of the Union, he predicted that \u201cpeople are going to go watch Biden for the same reason they go to a car race: just to see a car wreck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThere\u2019s a Biden malaise in the country. People are unhappy. People are miserable. People don\u2019t feel good about the future. They don\u2019t feel good about the future for their children. And he doesn\u2019t know how to fix that,\u201d Shirley said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a lot of panacea. And it\u2019s not going to be grounded in reality. That\u2019s the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Meanwhile, Heye brought up concerns among Democrats about Biden\u2019s strategy amid the Israel\u2013Hamas war following organized and organic protest votes in the presidential primary.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWhat he says on Gaza is going to be very important to 101,000 Democrats in Michigan and 87,000 Democrats in North Carolina. OK, we know that,\u201d he said. \u201cIf he has a bad moment, that is going to be the major takeaway of the event. No doubt about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> The University of Michigan\u2019s Aaron Kall, who co-wrote and edited The State of the Union is\u2026: Memorable Addresses of the Last Sixty Years, was mindful that the audiences for these presidential speeches have steadily declined, with Biden\u2019s being watched by 27 million people last year, compared to the almost 70 million who tuned in to Bill Clinton in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cPresidents used to receive approval boosts of a few percentage points following well-received speeches, but the extreme amount of partisanship these days makes it nearly impossible to move the needle much,\u201d Kall, Michigan\u2019s director of debate, said. \u201cThat being said, the audience on Thursday night will be quite large, and it may contain some persuadable voters who are just starting to pay attention to the 2024 election.\u201d <\/p>\n<p> \u201cNothing President Biden does in an hourlong speech will likely change any minds long-term, but it could be the start of a positive media cycle that can be extended by successful trips across the country featuring the president and select campaign surrogates,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p> President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (Jacquelyn Martin, Pool) To that end, Biden will be in Pennsylvania on Friday and Georgia on Saturday \u201cto underscore what\u2019s at stake in this election and the choice facing voters,\u201d according to his campaign, with Trump also expected to be in the Peach State this weekend after losing it to the president by 12,00 votes, or less than a point, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p> Since Biden\u2019s inauguration in 2021, his average approval has trended down from 53% to 40%, according to FiveThirtyEight. In five-way polling that takes into account third-party and independent candidates, Trump has an average 3-point lead over Biden, 41% and 38%, per RealClearPolitics.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe voting coalition that propelled Biden to victory in 2020 is fracturing, while Trump is polling well with independent voters,\u201d Kall said. \u201cAnother strong performance like the 2023 State of the Union address could provide some reassurance to nervous voters. Biden mixed it up with agitators during that speech while defending the importance of protecting entitlement programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reminded reporters of Biden\u2019s interactions with Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) during last year\u2019s State of the Union after Speaker Johnson this week asked his Republican conference for \u201cdecorum\u201d during the speech.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cHe called them out on it while they were obviously heckling at him, so the president\u2019s ready for anything,\u201d Jean-Pierre said.\u00a0\u201cHe got this. \u2026 The president\u2019s got this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Jean-Pierre also previewed Biden\u2019s State of the Union, saying the president will \u201ctalk about the success in implementing his agenda, from infrastructure to CHIPS to lowering drug prices and getting rid of junk fees.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cHe will talk about whose side he is on and his plan to improve the lives of all Americans,\u201d the press secretary said.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cThe president has always been an optimistic person,\u201d she continued. \u201cEven in the face of challenges that we have in front of us, he will share why he is hopeful about this country\u2019s future and why it is a mistake to bet against the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address on Thursday night will give him a chance to lay out the policy priorities for his fourth year in office. 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