Hey, good morning, Playbookers. I'm Rookumonovalin. It's Monday, and this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

The next nine days are some of the most important of Joe Biden's young presidency.

He needs to rescue his legislative agenda in Congress, rescues parties political candidates in two states,

and rescue America's leadership on climate policy in Scotland.

The White House is hoping for a virtuous cycle of developments that will help accomplish all three goals.

Securing a deal on the reconciliation bill could help Democratic candidates in Virginia and New Jersey.

The climate provisions of the final deal will tell world leaders

that next week's COP 26 how serious the United States is when it comes to reaching

Biden's stated emissions goals.

And rarely, our local, national, and international politics is intertwined as they will be

this week.

This afternoon, the president will promote the BIF and BBB in Newark, New Jersey.

New Jersey holds a gubernatorial election November 2nd. Incumbent Democrat Phil Murphy has gone from a

26-point lead to a six-point lead in a poll released last week. Joe Biden's appearance in the state

comes after Barack Obama's appearance in Newark this past Saturday. While nobody seems to think Murphy will lose,

we have heard repeatedly from New Jersey polls

that there is a serious lack of enthusiasm among Democrats in the state.

And on Tuesday, Biden stumps for the far more endangered Terry McAuliffe

in Arlington, Virginia, where the gubernatorial race now looks to be tied.

The White House wanted to have a final deal on the sweeping reconciliation package clinched Wednesday,

after Senator Jill Mention and said a Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had a breakfast meeting with the president in Wilmington, Delaware.

Instead, it was another day of inconclusive talks, though, a senior White House official told playbook, progress, but not there yet.

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