Biden’s Great State of Disunion Speech

Democrats loved it; Republicans hated it. And here we all are.

President Joe Biden wears his U.S.-Ukraine friendship pin as he prepares for a meeting with congressional leadership, Tuesday, February 27, 2024, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schutlz)

After President Joe Biden’s big State of the Union address last night, the media landscape is littered with Republicans grudgingly admitting Biden did a fair job in contrast to all the pre-SOTU hand-wringing over how the aging President might fare and Democrats jubilantly celebrating the demonstrable lack of catastrophe.

Biden’s recent avoidance of the post-Super Bowl interview led plenty of Americans — Republican and Democrat — to fear the worst about the President’s health and fitness.

The State of the Union address was supposed to fix that. It may have helped the President’s image, but reactions are decidedly mixed.

One thing about which many media outlets agree is: It was a partisan speech, meant to divide rather than unify.

“Biden’s Partisan State of Disunion,” lamented the Wall Street Journal editorial board. “The Democratic pep rally had not a single bipartisan grace note.”

“State of the Union speeches are eminently forgettable, but President Biden’s address on Thursday was memorable for all the wrong reasons,” the board wrote. “His address was one long, divisive pep rally for Democrats, goading Republicans throughout the speech, and targeting multiple and various villains for…