Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Wednesday, March 17th.

Happy St. Patrick's Day. I'm Nyla Boudou. Here's what you need to know today.

Why the US is turning to Pacific democracies to stem China's influence.

Plus, the case for going back to the office.

But first, the President and Vice President's stimulus victory tour is today's one big thing.

Now that the $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus package has been signed into law, the real work begins, selling it to the American people.

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are on the road with scheduled stops everywhere from Pennsylvania to New Mexico.

Axios political reporter Hans Nichols is here with why this matters. Hans, good morning.

Good morning.

It's a big victory lap for President Biden getting this package signed into law.

Do all presidents and vice presidents go on these kind of victory tours? Hans, how is this one different?

Everyone does a road show. You saw it from Trump. You saw it from President Obama in 2009 when he signed the stimulus.

The big difference here, though, is that Biden has the wind. It is back.

At least when you make the comparisons to Obama 12 years ago.

Because remember, when Obama was trying to sell his stimulus, Americans were still losing their jobs.

The unemployment rate was still going up.

With Biden, it's going down and checks are being deposited into people's accounts.

And on top of that, Biden's getting the vaccines rolled out.

So it's a different dynamic for Biden in a lot of ways. It's just easier for Biden.

And that's just luck.

How much of this is about the COVID stimulus or how much of this is about the next election cycle or just building goodwill for the Biden administration overall?

I'd probably say all three, but in descending order, right? I mean, the elections a long ways away.

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