From SOTU To Stump: Biden Heads To Wisconsin and Florida

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🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

President Biden is in Wisconsin Wednesday, touting the same broadly popular priorities he emphasized during Tuesday's State of the Union address. The president is positioning himself to run for reelection as a political pragmatist focused on the business of governing, as Republicans double-down on the culture wars.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Scott Detrow, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

This episode was produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. It was edited by Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Research and fact-checking by Devin Speak.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Kate in our Vada Colorado,
0:02.4	an IJets Finnisher run that brings my cumulative total to 2,620 miles,
0:08.1	the equivalent of 100 marathon.
0:11.0	This podcast was recorded at 12.13 pm on Wednesday, the 8th of February.
0:17.3	Things may have changed by the time you hear.
0:19.6	Okay, here's the show.
0:24.3	That's amazing. I wonder over what time period that was because that's a significant amount.
0:29.3	That's like 7 miles a day if it was a year.
0:31.2	It's a lot of miles.
0:32.2	It was over a two week time span, I believe.
0:35.1	Oh really?
0:35.9	No.
0:36.7	No.
0:38.3	Oh god, I'm so bungee from like not enough sleep that I did not get your bad math joke.
0:44.8	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:47.4	I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House.
0:49.3	I'm Scott Detro. I also cover the White House.
0:51.2	And I'm Dominic Lamontan, our senior political editor and correspondent.
0:54.3	President Biden is traveling to Wisconsin today, Florida tomorrow.
0:58.7	It is traditional for a president to hit the road after delivering his state of the union
1:03.7	address to drive home his message.
1:06.2	But this comes as Biden and his team have made it very clear that he is laying the groundwork
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