One of the most ridiculous practices of this speech was the way the White House released snippets of the speech before releasing the full text to Showtime. The latest information at the time of publication of this newsletter is that President Biden plans to announce a US-built port on the Gaza coast to allow for more humanitarian aid.
What exactly does it match Josh Rogin In his speech, Biden said there was a need to break with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “reset both policy and messaging” on the Israel-Gaza war.
But aid from the sea is just the beginning of mitigating the humanitarian crisis, Josh writes, and Biden has two big tasks ahead of him. He must address ways to (1) end military action and (2) establish a Palestinian-led government in Gaza. It’s not a big problem.
So, what else is there for Biden’s SOTU to do?
Jen Rubin He writes that the speech is less about what he is saying and more about how he is saying it. “These speeches have been reduced to vast lists of accomplishments and proposals, so that the words have less meaning and the visual images have more meaning,” she writes.
She has only one mission for Biden: Be belligerent.
Chaser: David Ignatius Reports on the White House’s attempts to distance Israel from its devastating attack on Rafah in southern Gaza and return it to a two-way street with the United States.
Compare that to the 42,918 votes cast in the three battleground states that Donald Trump lost in the 2020 election. marc thiessen He writes in an analysis of how desperately the former president needs the voters with whom he has been most at odds to win the general election.
Mark writes that while Trump is catering almost exclusively to his own MAGA base, no matter how weak Biden enters the election, “MAGA voters are not going to decide this election.”
Mark’s advice for Trump to gain the support of independents and establishment Republicans he needs? “Convince them that Trump’s second term will be a return to competency, not chaos. He will use the presidency to rebuild our country, not for revenge.”
right. Similarly, the election will be Biden’s as soon as he can defeat aging in the opposite direction.
During, perry bacon Mr. Biden wrote that he had failed at the single most important task he undertook as president: ensuring Mr. Trump remained popular enough to avoid another attack on the White House.
In an alternate world, Perry writes, Biden has made “democracy issues the central focus of his presidency” rather than trying to function as the pragmatic policy makers of past eras. Would that have made him even more popular?
Perry thought so. 52 percent Approval rating for this fake president. I still think it took Biden’s Benjamin Button to make any difference.
Chaser: Haley tried to warn the country against Trump.of editorial committee Biden is planning ways to be even more successful.
last week, Ramesh Ponnuru Recently, I wrote that all judges are originalists. today, Ruth Marcus They say they are all living constitutionalists! How do they keep up? Do they have a listserv?!
Luce is reviewing the unanimous Supreme Court ruling in the Trump Colorado voting case and sees a lot of consideration being given to unfavorable real-world consequences. Her book says it delivers “responsible and pragmatic” results. But it is an aversion to the pure-meaning approach that conservatives profess to favor.
Could these judges… hold both philosophies? What is the judicial trick that allows such seeming contradictions?
“Hypocrisy in pursuit of sensible results may not be the worst vice, but it should not be ignored,” Ruth writes.
- To be honest, you probably haven’t been waiting all year for this SOTU preview. I won’t do that next year either.Maybe I should just ask. david von drehle and cancel the entire speech.
- Calmly addressing the “gambling” of American sports. editorial committee is written. The gambling industry is growing like crazy and needs smarter oversight.
Goodbye. It’s a haiku. That’s… Bye-Ku.
The United States will be… “powerful”!
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