Joe Biden
President Joe Biden speaks during the 2022 State of the Union.
  • Biden will have his biggest opportunity of the year to speak directly to the American people.
  • His State of the Union address will likely highlight his administration's wins thus far.
  • But the reality, as polling shows, is that Americans aren't in a celebratory mood.

Joe Biden is feeling it.

The president was almost beaming last week as he tweaked "the critics and cynics" who doubted his economic plan on the heels of a surprisingly strong job report.