I Guess We Don’t All See The Same Things

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On Tuesday, President Biden will deliver his State of the Union address. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki appeared on ABC’s “This Week” to preview the speech. I guess your perception of America right now depends a lot on which political party you belong to.

The article reports:

To close out her segment, host George Stephanopoulos brought up a stark reality that Biden is facing right now. “Finally, the president is approaching his State of the Union in a pretty difficult political position right now, 37 percent approval rating, Democrats trailing badly in the midterm polling. A majority in our recent poll out this morning even question the president’s mental capacity,” Stephanopoulos mentioned, highlighting the results of a new ABC News-Washington Post poll, which I also covered earlier.

“How is he going to turn that around on Tuesday night? And how much has his State of the Union been changed by this war in Ukraine?” Stephanopoulos asked.

The article includes Ms. Psaki’s answer:

PSAKI: Well, George, I think there’s no question that, in the State of the Union, the American people and anybody watching around the world will hear the president talk about the efforts he has led over the past several months to build a global coalition to fight — fight against the autocracy and the efforts of President Putin to invade a foreign country. That is certainly something that is present in all of our lives and certainly in the president’s life in this moment.

But what people will also hear from President Biden is his optimism and his belief in the resilience of the American people and the strength of the American people.

And you know, George, from covering State of the Unions for some time, that — that it is about delivering a message to the public at a moment in time. And if you look back when President Obama gave his first State of the Union, it was during the worst financial crisis in a generation. When President Bush gave his first State of the Union, it was shortly after 9/11.

Leaders lead during crises. That’s exactly what President Biden is doing. He’ll speak to that, but he’s also going to speak about his optimism about what’s ahead and what we all have to look forward to.

Wow. If we are all so thrilled with President Biden’s leadership, why are they putting fencing up around the Capitol?