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The disparate entries on Biden’s to-do list reflect a president’s wide portfolio. For this president, they come against the backdrop of weak poll numbers and growing fears among his Democratic Party that congressional elections later this year will result in a wipeout.
“If you look at President Biden’s situation right now, in some ways he’s facing all sorts of crises, multiple ones. Maybe that’s where a president lives,” said Doris Kearns Goodwin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian. “But he’s got to worry about this (Russia) crisis, he’s worrying about Covid, he’s worried about inflation, he’s worried about Congress, and most importantly, an assault on democracy. In a certain sense, once this thing is settled in some way or another, that’s going to be the major crisis that I think he has to face.”
Biden and his team say he is uniquely positioned to confront this moment. Officials describe the current set of issues he faces as directly in Biden’s wheelhouse and describe a President eager to take them on.
Over the course of his decades-long Senate career, he was chairman of both the Foreign Relations and Judiciary Committees — experience that lends itself to the Ukraine and Supreme Court situations. He has attended more State of the Union speeches than perhaps any person currently alive.
Biden once hoped to escape the taut atmosphere in Washington for Wilmington last weekend to continue working on his speech, but after some back-and-forth, decided to remain at the White House over the holiday. He spent the previous weekend going over drafts with his top message adviser Mike Donilon at Camp David.
As he writes his address, Biden is seeking ways to convey his understanding of Americans’ economic unease, according to…
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