Biden shines in State of the Union, but the GOP could benefit as well
on Tuesday, Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman shouted over at Senator Bernie Sanders: “Did you write that speech?”
But Republicans could find a lot to like in his prime-time oration as well. For one thing, successful as it was, the performance increased the likelihood of Mr. Biden running again for a new term. That suits Grand Old Party strategists just fine. They’ll happily posit the question: Do you really want to elect someone who would still be running the country at the age of 86?
Mr. Biden wants to bring the working class back into the Democratic fold. Thus, his rolling out of what he called a “blue-collar blueprint” for the economy: antitrust action against Big Tech giants, the expansion of child tax credits, a push for universal prekindergarten education, going after the rich with big tax levies, codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law.
A highlight was his snookering of the Republicans on the question of maintaining social security and medicare programs, which GOP Senator Rick Scott had suggested should be sunsetted. When his opponents erupted in anger at his suggestion they would do such a thing, Mr. Biden pounced, saying: “So folks, as we all apparently agree, [going after] social security, medicare is off the books now, right? All right. We’ve got unanimity.”which was a priority of the Trump administration. Mr.
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