March 2, 2022: 3 takeaways from Biden’s big night

Here were the three key takeaways and revealing moments that stuck with Team Playbook from President Joe Biden's first State of the Union speech.

1. Biden's cost-free confrontation with Russia — On the surface, events in Ukraine clearly upended the State of the Union speech. Biden spent the first 12 minutes of his address focused on the events there...

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