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I'm Rookumonoval, it's Tuesday.

And today's show, a preview of tonight's State of the Union, a preview of the

GOP response.

Something for everyone.

All right.

This is your Politico Playbook Daily briefing.

President Joe Biden and his advisors, I'd hope to use tonight's State of the Union address,

9 p.m. Eastern, by the way, to reboot his stalled domestic agenda.

But instead, the situation in Ukraine has forced the West Wing to rewrite significant portions of the speech.

Biden is expected to use his address to respond to criticism that he didn't

act quickly enough to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin. He'll emphasize his work to build

an international coalition to counter Russia, as well as imposing crippling sanctions. It won't

just be a lesson in international relations, however. Administration officials say Biden will

also spotlight improvements

in the economy while sympathizing with the plate of struggling Americans. He'll highlight GDP growth

and historic low unemployment, but also stressed that more must be done to bring costs down.

That's a tricky balancing act, as White House officials have come to realize. The president will

want to tout achievements from the past year,

but also not give a sense that he's out of touch with voters. As the Washington Post reported yesterday,

administration officials have been passing around a guest essay by former Obama advisor David

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