The drive-by media was very hopeful in the days ahead of the State of the Union address, and the prevailing sense is that the speech was going to be hailed as successful so long as President Joe Biden didn’t soil himself on the dais. CBS’s early reaction to the speech appears to confirm that sense.
Watch as chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes hails Biden’s “stamina” and “fire in the belly”:
NORAH O’DONNELL: Nancy Cordes is our chief White House correspondent and Nancy, you covered this president closely. He’s been criticized for sometimes flubbing a speech, going off script. Tonight was a bit different.
NANCY CORDES: Norah, this seemed to me to be a speech designed first and foremost to show that Joe Biden has the stamina and the fire in the belly to go another four years. It was designed to be delivered with high energy. He…
