“It’s also a chance to contrast himself with the other side… I used to say to Obama: Is this a referendum on the incumbent? The incumbent usually loses. If it’s a choice, the incumbent usually wins, and you start to set that choice up in this period.”
— Jim Messina, quoted by Politico, on the opportunity the State of the Union address presents for President BIden.
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