President Biden moved to capitalize on his actions on his 51st day in office…
Pandemic numbers falling….
The economy seeming to move upward….
Almost two billion dollars about to get sent out to America ….
Joe Biden want to keep riding that wave of approval he’s got in the polls….
In a style 180 degree’s from Trump….
He’s doing just fine most of us think….
Now he’s gonna make sure he sells his ‘Rescue Plan’ to the people in hopes they’ll stay with him and the Democrats as America ‘Gets Great’ like it has always been when it needs to ‘Rise Up’ and shake off bad things and days….
Biden’s speech, clocking in at a brisk 24 minutes, served as an inflection point on the 51st day of his presidency. The president had spent his first few weeks carefully managing expectations for recovery and frequently blaming the Trump administration for many of its early challenges. On Thursday, Biden took greater ownership of the pandemic battle — and exposed himself to a potential backlash if he does not deliver….
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The goal of a limited return to normalcy by July 4 was crafted to give Biden a potentially potent symbol, allowing him to frame the moment as an American victory.
The new deadlines reflect the growing pressure facing Biden faces to offer the public tangible moments they can look forward to, and his tone represented a small but notable shift in careful balance he has maintained between optimism and caution.
Still, aides were wary of overpromising that a full recovery is around the corner. “This depends on the progress that we make on vaccinations,” said a senior administration official, who spoke about the speech ahead of time on the condition of anonymity….
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The speech was solemn at times, as Biden memorialized the more than 529,000 Americans who have died of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and reflected on the tens of millions of others who have struggled under the weight of lost jobs, closed schools, hospitalizations and isolation from loved ones over the past 12 months….
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The speech was solemn at times, as Biden memorialized the more than 529,000 Americans who have died of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, and reflected on the tens of millions of others who have struggled under the weight of lost jobs, closed schools, hospitalizations and isolation from loved ones over the past 12 months….
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President Biden has been very wary about talking to the media like Trump did ALL THE TIME…
This has enabled him to not make news with flubs that Trump made daily and drove media cycles…
Right now?
NY Governor Cuomo IS doing just that….
image…Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
The majority of Americans feel like the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is over, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
The study, conducted via phone March 3-8, asked a sample of 1,009 respondents above the age of 18 various coronavirus-related questions.
More than three-quarters of those surveyed said they felt that the worst of the pandemic had already happened, with 77 percent indicating so — a large increase from a poll taken Jan. 9-14, when just 49 percent indicated feeling that way….
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House GOP response….
The massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill is a “waste of money” and a “payoff” to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “political friends,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said on Friday.
McCarthy’s comments on “Fox & Friends” came after President Biden on Thursday signed into law the sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that Democrats muscled through Congress without any Republican support, securing the first big legislative win of his presidency…
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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is lambasting President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package that Democrats passed through Congress along party-line votes as “a multitrillion-dollar Trojan horse.”
The longtime GOP senator from Kentucky and the most powerful Republican on Capitol Hill, speaking Thursday on the floor of the Senate hours before Biden speaks out on the coronavirus pandemic in the first primetime address of his presidency, also accused Democrats of wanting “to sprint in front of the parade and claim credit” for this year’s likely economic comeback….
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Support for Biden….
…polls find broad Republican support for the provisions of the stimulus package. Polling by Politico/Morning Consult conducted from March 6-8 finds 59% of Republicans at least somewhat support the $1.9 trillion stimulus package. A Tuesday Pew Research poll also found 41% of Republicans supporting the bill.
A CNN poll released Wednesday finds 61% of Americans overall support the relief package and 66% say it would help the economy in some way. The poll, conducted among 1,009 adults from March 3-8, also found majority support for most of the individual policies included in the bill, including larger tax credits for families at 85%; funding for K-12 schools at 77%; and $350 billion in aid to state and local governments at 59%….
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(Biden & Co. are going on the road to sell the ‘Rescue’ unlike a decade ago when Obama did Not and let the Republicans determine the post Obamacare perception definition…Obamacare HAS survived the repeal efforts and is popular…The GOPer’s where wrong even if the got over in the 2010 midterms…)
My friend in Corpus had this to Say about Biden’s Response, “I think having normalcy at the President Position has significantly improved the United States Response to the Pandemic.” My reply…I 100% agree with you.
Cyprus*
Ur friend see’s the same thing we do here….