Most polls show a tight race between President Joe Biden and formerPresident Donald Trump. But ever since Biden’s notably energetic Stateof the Union address, his campaign has been feeling a strange newoptimism. He’s outpacing Trump on fundraising, his campaign schedule ispurposefully packed and his team is already going up with TV ads in aneffort to define the race early — while Trump is still struggling tocatch up. National politics reporter Elena Schneider tells joinsPlaybook co-author Ryan Lizza to talk it all through.

Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza interviews National politics reporterElena Schneider