Five things to watch in Biden’s first joint address to Congress
| President Biden will deliver his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday, but his ultimate audience will be the American public — one that’s anxious about the future and eager for a return to normalcy after more than a year of pandemic turmoil.
Biden’s biggest challenge will be to convey a message that both rallies his Democratic base and speaks to independent and moderate Republicans, whose support may be crucial to accomplishing the ambitious legislative goals he’s set for Congress in the months ahead. As his first 100 days have shown, Biden is facing enormous obstacles to delivering on his pledge for unity, from a border surge and calls for racial justice to reopening the country after a catastrophic pandemic. |
