Biden vs. reality

In his state-of-the-state address last week, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak tried to spin his record of endless failures as one of success.

Tuesday night, it was President Joe Biden’s turn.

Much ink has already been devoted to assessing Biden’s utterly fantastical State of the Union speech, but we wanted to pass along a particularly incisive analysis from Liz Peek.

Writing for Fox News, Peek observes:

“Anyone hoping that Joe Biden would come to the American people ready to confront the multiple failures of his administration was sadly disappointed. In his first State of the Union speech, there was no reset, no changing course. ... 

“Instead, Biden regurgitated the dishonest talking points of his campaign and his agenda, appearing completely unmoved by voters’ repudiation.”  

Particularly notable, as Peek points out, was how little serious attention Biden seemed to pay to the issues that are of most concern to every-day Americans. And even when he did address those issues, he came off as a man entirely detached from reality.

Peek writes:

“Biden dealt Americans’ most pressing issues at most glancing blows, casually checking the necessary boxes. He addressed inflation, the preeminent concern of voters, by (incredibly) hauling out his Build Back Better program (renamed Build a Better America), again claiming that it would not only lower our federal deficit but also help tame inflation. Nobody believes that, because it isn’t true.”  

You can read the rest here.

For Democrats — all around the country and right here in Nevada as well — the recent record is one of failure upon failure … on issues ranging from the economy to education to public safety and so much more.

They’re going to try their best to make voters forget that fact between now and November. They’re likely to fail in that effort as well.    

Morning morsels …

NEVADA

Sisolak runs away from his record (Victor Joecks, Las Vegas Review-Journal): Gov. Steve Sisolak’s re-election campaign hinges on hoping voters forget what he did over the past three years. On Wednesday, Sisolak gave an unofficial State of the State address. It was really a campaign speech for his re-election bid. The optics of giving that talk in front of thousands of empty seats at Allegiant Stadium were unintentionally fitting. Sisolak is apparently anticipating a tough race because he reversed himself on issue after issue. Read more >

Nevada officials detail $500 million housing program (Geoff Dornan, Nevada Appeal): The Nevada Housing Division laid out some detail Tuesday on the Home Means Nevada program that will use $500 million in American Rescue Plan money to lower the cost of housing and provide help to more than 13,000 households across the state. Read more >

SUPREME COURT

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is a threat to Constitutional rights (Kelly Shackelford, Fox News): After weeks of waiting, President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. If confirmed, Americans can expect a Justice committed to continuing her career of liberal activism on the bench. Read more >

THE ECONOMY

Inflation costs the average American family $385 more per month (Suzanne O’Halloran, Fox Business): On average, American families are paying about $385 more a month for just about everything, but for some, costs are even higher according to a FOX Business exclusive based on a new report from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee. Read more >

Oil soars to $113 as European energy groups shun Russian crude (Neil Hume & Tom Wilson, Financial Times): Big energy consumers are boycotting Russian crude following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in moves that helped to push oil prices above $113 a barrel on Wednesday. Demand for Russian oil has collapsed since the assault on Ukraine began as refineries, banks and shipowners shun the country’s vast commodities market. Energy Aspects, a consultancy, said 70 per cent of Russian crude was “struggling to find buyers.” Read more >

EDUCATION

Nearly Three-Quarters of Americans Support School Choice (Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review): According to a new poll from RealClear Opinion Research, nearly three-quarters of Americans now say they support school choice, a marked increase from two years ago. Seventy-two percent of registered voters said they back school choice, while only 18 percent said they don’t. Read more >

NOTABLE QUOTE

“At this rate, November’s midterm election will be the American people doing what Mr. Biden should have done [Tuesday night] — taking the first step to admitting a mistake was made in 2020 and promising that we are committed to reversing course.” ― Tammy Bruce