Contradictions shape Biden presidency as 100-day mark approaches: The Note

This week will feature Biden’s first address to all of Congress, with him going bolder and bigger yet with virtually no guaranteed legislative victories ahead.

The TAKE with Rick Klein It might be that 52 is the new 65, and that President Joe Biden is demonstrating the upper limits of presidential approval ratings in a polarized time much like his predecessor showed its depths. It might also be that Biden's honeymoon is over -- or that he never really had one at all. The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll shows some of the contradictions and conflicting signals that are set to shape this phase of the Biden presidency. His standing is either holding strong as can be or is already falling behind, depending on political points of view and judgments about partisanship's pull in 2021.