EGN NEWS DESK
After the speech, the deluge — of punditry, that’s.
The prompt sizzling takes about President Biden’s State of the Union tackle on Thursday cut up largely alongside partisan strains on cable information, with Mr. Biden’s on-air sympathizers praising his forceful supply, whereas his normal critics urged that he got here throughout at occasions as overly agitated and rancorous.
Here’s a sampling of commentary from CNN, Fox News and MSNBC:
CNN
Dana Bash, chief political correspondent: “They needed him to be a fighter, and, boy, a battle did he ship.”
John King, chief nationwide correspondent: “He got here out punching and got here out swinging proper from the start.”
Alyssa Farah Griffin, political commentator: “Joe Biden principally needed to present up and never keel over on the dais tonight. And he massively outperformed, simply objectively. There was some stumbling, there was some coughing, and he’s vulnerable to some sorts of stutter. But he did present power. He confirmed the power to get by a protracted speech.”
Van Jones, political commentator: “I believed that was a exceptional, fiery, highly effective, vigorous man. And I feel it offers folks lots of confidence that this man may have the ability to go the space.”
Fox News
Brit Hume, chief political analyst: “There was loads of stumbling and slurring of phrases and all the remainder of it that we’ve come to affiliate with him. I don’t assume he acquired out from beneath that in any respect. I’m unsure if an individual sitting at residence tonight wanting on the man would assume he was something aside from an offended outdated man. I’m unsure it was the type of power the general public would need to see at a time like this on this nation.”
Dana Perino, anchor: “I do assume this was a polarizing, divisive speech, and it was meant to be.”
Harold Ford Jr., co-host, “The Five”: “He introduced lots of vigor, lots of power.”
Sean Hannity, host: “He spent a lot of the evening shouting, rushing by his speech, and clearly overcompensating from the conventional on a regular basis Joe who can barely string two sentences collectively. … Tonight, America noticed, let’s say, a really completely different Joe Biden. I would name him ‘Jacked-Up Joe.’ ”
MSNBC
Nicolle Wallace, host: “This was his ‘How About Dem Apples’ speech. … Everybody is aware of that this was an awesome speech. And all people is aware of that if that is the message going into the subsequent eight months, polls will quickly mirror that and this shall be an actual battle.”
Chris Hayes, host: “It transcended my expectations. I didn’t assume this could be as aggressive, as sharp.”
Joy-Ann Reid, host: “I believed the speech was very ‘excessive caffeine.’ I feel Joe Biden awoke this morning, had a cup of coffee, and had his Wheaties. He was positively there to battle.”
Lawrence O’Donnell, host: “I’ve by no means introduced that a lot power to the ten p.m. hour.”
