Biden Preps for Speech Tonight

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Biden Preps for Speech Tonight

The New York Times reported that President Biden prepared for his upcoming State of the Union speech at Camp David with a team of aides and a historian. The speech will be carefully crafted to maintain Biden's authenticity, wrote what appears to be an unofficial aide at the NYT. His White House aides emphasized clarity and accessibility in the speech, aiming to connect with the American people directly.

The aides also used the tired line to “Let Joe Be Joe” and want readers to know just how much editing he does himself:

In speech-prep sessions, Mr. Biden goes through the material line by line, marking up words and creating breaks to remind himself to navigate around a stutter he has had since childhood. If he lands on a passage that he does not think feels like something he would say, he marks it out. One former speechwriter described this phase as an exercise in trying to capture Mr. Biden’s extemporaneous thoughts and put them down on the page.

Ron Klain, Mr. Biden’s former chief of staff, said that the president “works hard and rigorously” each year, adding that he knows “it’s his one chance a year to lay out his agenda for progress to the American people directly.”

Aides say that clarity is more important to Mr. Biden than almost anything else. The president will scold those who include acronyms or jargon in their drafts. During preparatory sessions, he has reminded staff members that he is the one with the long career in politics, meaning he knows more about Congress than his younger aides describing congressional relationships and legislative dynamics.

Does anyone believe this? The real question is who will fall asleep first tonight — you and me or Biden?

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