{"id":14557,"date":"2023-02-08T16:52:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T00:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14557"},"modified":"2023-02-08T17:18:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T01:18:37","slug":"biden-wins-state-of-the-union-address-bradcast-282023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14557","title":{"rendered":"BIDEN WINS ‘STATE OF THE UNION’ ADDRESS: ‘BradCast’ 2\/8\/2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time in a long time on today’s BradCast<\/i><\/a>, we’re happy to feature a Special Coverage episode of something that isn’t actually horrible. In fact, it’s something that turned out to be an unexpected amount of fun to watch and cover, while including what was, as I described it on today’s show, “the greatest Rope-a-Dope Moment in the all-time history of State of the Union addresses.” [Audio link to full show follows below this summary.<\/i>]\n

We’ve got full post-speech team coverage today of Joe Biden’s second SOTU<\/a> as President (actually his third address to a joint session of Congress), and it was a humdinger! Both the speech and today’s coverage. In fact, as our panel appeared to agreed today, it was likely the most enjoyable SOTU any of us had ever witnessed!<\/p>\n

We’re joined today by the great HEATHER DIGBY PARTON<\/b>, award-winning columnist at Salon<\/a> and founder of Digby’s Hullabaloo<\/a> blog (which just celebrated it’s 20th anniversary!) and “DRIFTGLASS”<\/b>, otherwise known as @Mr_Electrico<\/a> on Twitter and as simply Bill at home, where he produces The Professional Left Podcast<\/a> each week with his wife Fran\/”BlueGal”. Like Digby and me, he too is a longtime, old-school progressive blogger<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Biden’s lively remarks on Tuesday — and his surprisingly brilliant off-the-cuff responses<\/a> to jeers and obnoxiously inaccurate heckles from members of the new Republican House majority — cannot be described as delivered by “Sleepy Joe”. The 73-minute speech actually flew by, surprisingly enough.<\/p>\n

During the address, he, justifiably, sang his Administration’s praises<\/a> for what has amounted to one of the most successful first two years of any Presidency going back to at least FDR. (That, as we discuss, is particularly surprising given the narrowest of majorities he had to work with for the past two years in Congress. And is true, whether or not you liked his many accomplishments, had hoped for still more, or preferred entirely different policies.)<\/p>\n

Snap polling<\/a> following Tuesday’s SOTU revealed a whopping 72% of Americans who watched it reacted positively, with some of the most favorable reactions coming from those who, prior to the speech, disapproved of Biden or felt his policies would not move the country in the right direction. So will his remarks on Tuesday make any difference in his approval ratings moving forward?<\/p>\n

We cover a lot<\/i> of ground on today’s Special Coverage episode, including thoughts on Biden’s brilliant Rope-a-Dope \/ Jedi Mind Trick that resulted in Republicans yelling and screaming to insist<\/i> they are absolutely not<\/i> hoping to gut or cut or even sunset<\/a> Social Security and Medicare(!); other details from the surprisingly populist and progressive speech; insight on why Biden’s approval ratings have been so low over the past year (and who is to blame for that); analysis of the bizarre movement by some in the supposed “Anti-war Left” to oppose<\/i> support for the fight for democracy in sovereign Ukraine and against the authoritarian invasion by its imperialist neighboring Russia; and of the weird, creepy, dark, up is down\/down is up GOP response<\/a> to Biden’s SOTU by Donald Trump’s former Press Secretary and “prolific liar”<\/a> turned new Governor of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders.<\/p>\n

Lots of insight — and hilarity! — ensues during today’s ‘BradCast’ Special Coverage! Enjoy!…<\/p>\n

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