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Biden’s Speech Was Not the Win the Political Class Thought It Was

Biden’s Speech Was Not the Win the Political Class Thought It Was
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 7, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Salena Zito
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DELAWARE COUNTY, Pa.—It is a bit jarring to observe the divide between what the legacy press, Democrats, and cable news hosts observed when they watched President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address and how persuadable voters of both Republican and Democratic leanings reacted.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.