Not to often do you hear…

…a President accused of pluck. But that's what happens in this NPR piece about the recent SOTU speech.

5 takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address

Some of what is likely to make Democrats comfortable is the pluck he showed — the willingness and ability to spar with Republicans and depict them not as normal, but extreme.

"Spirited and determined courage" is how New Oxford American defines it.