I wonder if they focus grouped the “can and cannot do” language. I suspect it won’t play well with people who are skeptical, who seem to be an important audience for the speech.
Nor will the bit about the 4th of July.
On the whole I think this speech will be celebrated by people who support Biden and be criticized as scolding by those who think the federal government has been overbearing.
A nice enough speech, but I don’t see it moving any needles for anybody.
A nice enough speech, but I don’t see it moving any needles for anybody.
Biden made a good choice by not trying to reach too high with the rhetoric. A few stretch sections, but he mostly kept it in the “America’s grandpa” range where he does best. He even played down some of the sections most written as soaring with some “grandpa” interjections.
One fact check: when he promised 1m vaccines per day, we were already there. So I don’t recall too many people saying it was a ludicrous goal.
You can see in the 1m vax thing that Biden has long-term experience as a politician: underpromise, overdeliver, take a victory lap. That’s a more traditional strategy than the “overpromise, move the goal post, claim a victory” rhetorical strategy of his immediate predecessor.
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