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Opinion: The VP Debate - It's All About Sarah
What is relatively clear at this point is that the economy, polarization of Palin, and the general unhappiness of the country has really started to solidify the Democrats for Obama and the Republicans for McCain. The arguments these two gentlemen have made about experience, ability to lead, knowledge on the economy, knowledge on foreign policy had a major impact through August and September. Obama had much more to lose - his support was more shaky from the Democrats than McCain's from the Re...
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GDP 3rd Quarter UP 3.5% but Unemployment Hits 10.2%
Original at The Washington Note
• Fri, Nov 6
By Steve Clemons But the reality is that there is a profound level of job destruction in the country -- and the greatest number of jobs Obama and his economic team seem to have saved seem to be at Goldman Sachs and fellow traveling financial sector firms.
A Skunk We Should Want? Live-Blogging a Joe Biden Discussion on Challenges Facing US Middle ClassOriginal at The Washington Note
• Thu, Nov 5
WASHINGTON, DC -- 10:00 am -- Vice President Joe Biden was raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania and has lived for decades in Wilmington, Delaware -- both working middle class communities that have been under siege from both domestic and international economic forces.
Steele, Revising and Extending -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
Original at National Review Online Blogs
• Tue, Nov 3
By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Kathryn Jean Lopez) “In a state that overwhelmingly voted in favor of President Obama, this stunning defeat of Corzine sends a clear message to Democrats across the country. Americans have grown sick and tired of big government and reckless spending, and this vote is a sound rejection of the far-left polic...
In a Terrifying Alternate Universe, Vice President Sarah Palin Claims Victory
Original at gawker.com
• Tue, Nov 3
By John Cook It's not always easy in politics to see the best in our opponents. But we have seen the grace and skill of Barack Obama, and the grit and determination of Joe Biden. By his nomination and extraordinary campaign, Barack Obama has achieved a great thing, for himself and for our country, and for t...
Palin, Biden spar over N.Y. congressional race
Original at Capitalweather.com
• Mon, Nov 2
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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough: Joe Biden is the 'Greatest Vice President of Our Time'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Oct 28
By Mike Sargent Joe Biden is the "greatest Vice President of our time." None other than Vice President Gaffe. This brings us to our next point of inanity, that Joe Biden hasn't had any big mistakes [emphasis mine] : TINA BROWN: Don't use that phrase, Joe.
Steve Clemons: Chuck Hagel to Co-Chair Obama's Intel Advisory Board
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Oct 28
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John Brown: A Modest Proposal: Make the Pentagon Our Very Own Ministry of Culture!
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Oct 27
By John Brown During the U.S. presidential campaign, the Obama-Biden team announced it would would "expand cultural and arts exchanges throughout the world." And Michelle Obama recently stated... During the U.S. presidential campaign, the Obama-Biden team announced it would
Take Them Out to the Ballgame - First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden to Attend World Series Game Wednesday
Original at ABC News
• Tue, Oct 27
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Reality Check: Biden At 42% In Context
Original at The Atlantic Politics Channel
• Tue, Oct 27
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Joe Biden to the Rescue -- By: NRO Staff
Original at National Review Online Blogs
• Tue, Oct 20
By webmaster@nationalreview.com (NRO Staff) After a campaign in which he said that Vice President Cheney, was "probably the most dangerous vice president we've had in American history," because of his oversized role in policymaking, Vice President Joe Biden now oversees implementation of the stimulus package, is the administr...
Joe Biden update: No Nobel Peace Prize, no Joe
Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Mon, Oct 12
By Andrew Malcolm It's been a tough month for Vice President Joe Biden so far. The Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden will be in Massachusetts and New York this weekend. The Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden will return to Wilmington, Delaware, on Monday. There are no public events scheduled.
Fox News Sunday falsely portrays military as uniformly behind sending more troops to Afghanistan
Original at Media Matters for America
• Sun, Sep 27
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Joe Biden update: He calls some fellow Democrats "turkeys"
Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Thu, Sep 24
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Biden Russia Remarks Hit A Nerve In Moscow
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Jul 27
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Biden makes fun of Obama after teleprompter falls overOriginal at Christian Science Monitor
• Wed, May 27
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Will Menaker: VP Biden Reveals Nuclear Launch Codes, Existence of Aliens
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, May 22
By Will Menaker WASHINGTON -- Long known for his penchant for verbal gaffes and slip-ups, Vice President Biden may have endangered national security as well as permanently altered the course of human history during the course of a freewheeling interview, where the VP seemed to accidentally reveal Am...
Podcast: Oops! Vice President Biden ’swears’ by Amtrak
Original at Christian Science Monitor
• Fri, Mar 13
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Emily Bracken: Weddings/Celebrations Announcement: Jospeh Biden, Barack Obama
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Jan 28
By Emily Bracken Mr. Biden, 66, is the Vice President of the United States of America. He was a six-term senator from Delaware who, at age thirty, became the fifth-youngest senator in U.S. history. He graduated from the University of Delaware and received a law degree from Syracuse University. He also served as...
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Podcast: KOA's "Gunny" Bob spins a lie about Biden's moviegoing experience
Original at Colorado Media Matters
• Wed, Jan 7
According to an article posted January 5 on the website of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware, theater employees said the Bidens attempted to attend a January 3 showing of the movie at the Regal Brandywine Cinemas on Concord Pike in Wilmington, "but left after they were told the mov...
2008 in review: The biggest blunders and juiciest scandals
Original at Campaign Diaries
• Fri, Jan 2
By Taniel 4. Obama’s “bitter” Americans 5. Rudy Giuliani’s late-state strategy 6. The Clintons’ race gaffes: Bill compares Obama to Jesse Jackson; Hillary describes Obama’s weak support among “hard-working Americans, white Americans” — 8. Rudy Giuliani’s Hampton-gate
Patch: I trust Joe Biden (an update to our ongoing solidarity STONEWALL thread) Updated at 2:57 AM
Original at democraticunderground.com
• Mon, Dec 22
Advertisements [ ? ] Edited on Tue Dec-23-08 03:41 AM by themartyred Joe Biden tonight on Larry King Live said that the new administration will push for fair and equitable changes in ... of us have watched with admiration as we grew up, VP Elect Joseph Biden, state on Larry King Live that there w...
Obama Leads McCain 53% To 42% In Final USA Today/Gallup Poll
Original at The Moderate Voice
• Sun, Nov 2
By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain by 11 percentage points in the last USA TODAY/Gallup national poll of likely voters before Election Day. • Obama, 53%. • McCain, 42%. Obama has a 17 point lead over McCain in Iowa.
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Cabbage Patch Politics: Where McCain and Obama Can Both Win
Original at FOX News
• Tue, Oct 28
Canoe.ca - Oct 28, 2008 EBay and Cabbage Patch Kids have partnered to create a special series of Obama, Palin, McCain and Biden dolls as part of the Cabbage Patch Kid 25th ... Sarah Palin and Barack Obama cabbage patch dolls for sale Telegraph.co.uk
Opinion: Kurtz: Press "Negligent" In Silence Over Biden Availability
Original at mediabistro.com
• Mon, Oct 27
One, can we stipulate it's responsible journalism to send reporters (actually a handful, who wouldn't even fill up a two-engine plane) to look into the record of a vice-presidential nominee who was largely unknown to the vast majority of Americans until two months ago?
Podcast: RNC uses Rudy Giuliani and Fox News in robocallsOriginal at Crooks and Liars
• Thu, Oct 23
By Nicole Belle John's already posted about the RNC's new ads using FOX News and Andy Martin. But they're not done with the fear-mongering and the blatant lies to scare away voters from Barack Obama. TPM reports that another robocall featuring failed Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani thr...
Robocall Attacks Ramping UpOriginal at Daily Kos
• Wed, Oct 22
By BarbinMD With his multiple wives and cross-dressing ways, Rudy Giuliani was never going to make it onto the Republican ticket, but that doesn't mean that Mr. "a noun, a verb, and 9/11" isn't willing to get down in the mud with John McCain and Sarah Palin. Here's a robocall that is running in Maine, Wisc...
Podcast: Chgo Sun-Times's Sweet: Biden Meant Any Candidate Would Be Tested
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Oct 22
By Ken Shepherd Chicago Sun-Times Washington bureau chief Lynn Sweet told a Chicago radio duo this morning that Sen. Joe Biden was not referring specifically to Barack Obama in his now-famous comment at a fundraiser that the Illinois senator would be "tested" by a crisis in the first six months of his adm...
Podcast: ABC Touts 'Obama's Best Weekend Ever,' Powell's 'Booster Rocket'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Sun, Oct 19
By Scott Whitlock SAWYER: Because as we said, as Robin just said, it's two years of campaigning and now 15 days before America votes. And Senator Obama got a booster rocket from none other than Republican former Secretary of State Colin Powell this weekend, a Republican and a friend of John McCain. ABC's John...
Podcast: Biden on McCain spending freeze: "same old malarkey"
Original at Wisconsin Radio Network
• Thu, Oct 9
Joe Biden was working the phones on the eve of a major John McCain effort in Wisconsin. With McCain hitting the trail here today and Friday, the Obama campaign makes V.P. candidate Biden available, and he says their ticket will be better for hard pressed middle class families. "People talk abo...
Podcast Enjoys Fictional Explody Goodness
Original at Shire Network
• Mon, Oct 6
Go and see "An American Carol" this week please, in fact we are hoping to be able to speak to the film's director, David Zucker, on the podcast next week. Oh, and if you're holding off on helping the McCain campaign because you figure he's "not conservative enough" for your personal tastes, h...
Opinion: Hilary Lambert: Kentucky Watchers Cheer Biden on Adjustable Mortgage Principals
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, Oct 3
By Hilary Lambert Before the debate began, Wrensey and Bonnie discussed the roles they felt that President Barack Obama ought to give to Senator Hillary Clinton: Cabinet position, thirty years on the US Supreme Court. For the debate, Wrensey wanted to hear, from Palin, "specific positions and vision"; t...
Opinion: Will Gwen Ifill Challenge Joe Biden’s Iraq ‘Expertise’?
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, Oct 2
By Rich Noyes When Biden was picked in late August, the networks touted Biden’s “wealth of experience” and “long record of accomplishment” on foreign policy (CBS); his “deep foreign policy experience” (NBC); and “foreign policy expertise” (ABC). But only NBC’s Tom Brokaw, interviewing Biden on th...
Opinion: Conservative Response To Latest Palin Clip: Biden Was Worse, Couric’s Evil For ‘Quizzing’ People
Original at Wonkette
• Thu, Oct 2
By Jim Newell PALIN: Well, let’s see. There’s –of course –in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings, that’s never going to be absolute consensus by every American. And there are–those issues, again, like Roe v Wade where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So...
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Opinion: The VP Debate - It's All About Sarah
Original at theliberalcrab (WordPress)
• Thu, Oct 2
By The Liberal Crab What is relatively clear at this point is that the economy, polarization of Palin, and the general unhappiness of the country has really started to solidify the Democrats for Obama and the Republicans for McCain. The arguments these two gentlemen have made about experience, ability to lead, knowledge on the economy, knowledge on foreign policy had a major impact through August and September. Obama had much more to lose - his support was more shaky from the Democrats than McCain's from the Republicans. But sufficient time, issues, and events have solidified Obama's support. As well, Mccain's support from the GOP stalwarts has been tested through these difficult weeks and most still stand by him. So the focus really turns to the indep... [read the full post]
Opinion: Brad Listi: Biden vs. Palin: A Preface to Live-Blogging the Debate
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Oct 2
By Brad Listi Obama campaign manager David Plouffe: Ouch. John McCain, talking to Katie Couric: Saul Anuzis, the Republican chairman of Michigan: Robert T. Bennet, the Ohio Republican chairman: And what about Joe Biden? Says Ron Carey, the chairman of Minnesota's Republican party:
Podcast: VP candidates may be cautious
Original at Wisconsin Radio Network
• Wed, Oct 1
Tonight's Vice Presidential debate may see both candidates taking a cautious approach. UW Madison political scientist Charles Franklin says Delaware Senator Joe Biden is unlikely to take the gloves off, despite his vast experience edge over Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. "I think, from...
Podcast: Obama Launches 'False' Assault on McCain
Original at ProLifeBlogs
• Wed, Oct 1
An Obama-Biden radio ad hammers McCain for being opposed to stem cell research. Not true. Meanwhile two spots from the McCain-Palin campaign, together with the Republican National Committee, describe McCain's support for the research; they're largely accurate.
Opinion: Sarah Palin Watch: Another Age Swipe at Joe BidenOriginal at flapsblog.com
• Tue, Sep 30
By Flap Joe Biden who plagiarized his way through law school and his first run for the Presidency has been in public office far longer than even John McCain. Biden has been a Democrat politician his entire career. American voters will decide if they want the experience of John McCain and the fresh pe...
Podcast: CNN’s Ed Henry: Palin Trip to UN ‘Like Speed Dating with World Leaders’Original at NewsBusters.org
• Tue, Sep 23
By Matthew Balan HILLARY ROSEN, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: The big risk they run with this strategy of having her meet with these leaders individually is that they end up with three days of stories about how she doesn't have foreign policy experience.
Opinion: The Biden Guide to Debating Sarah Palin
Original at New York Observer
• Wed, Sep 10
By Steve Kornacki When Joe Biden and Sarah Palin meet in St. Louis in just over three weeks, it will mark the seventh vice-presidential debate in history—and easily the most anticipated since 1984, when Vice President George H.W. Bush squared off with Geraldine Ferraro, the only woman before Palin ever nomi...
Opinion: Always a Spinmeister: ABC’s Stephanopoulos Offers Democratic Spin Two Weeks In a Row
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Fri, Sep 5
By Rich Noyes But ABC’s poll, conducted Thursday after a week of battering coverage of the GOP vice presidential candidate, showed Palin had only a slightly lower overall favorability than Democratic candidate Joe Biden, a difference nearly entirely accounted for by her low approval among Democr...
Podcast: Nets Push Biden to Get Tough; Biden Says Press Has Been ‘Sexist’ and ‘Unfair’ to Palin
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Sep 3
By Rich Noyes Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden made the morning show rounds on Thursday to respond to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s convention speech, and journalists at NBC, MSNBC, ABC and CNN all encouraged Biden to strongly confront his Republican counterpart, as if Palin has bee...
Opinion: Biden: The American Dream Is Slipping Away Under Eight Years Of Bush And McCain
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Aug 24
By The Huffington Post News Team DENVER — Barack Obama says Joe Biden is ready to step in as president. He's not bad in the role of attack dog, either, wasting... DENVER — Barack Obama says Joe Biden is ready to step in as president. He's not bad in the role of attack dog, either, wasting no time gnawing at GOP rival John McCain.
Opinion: Sen. Obama's Rhetoric of Experience
Original at The Left Coaster
• Fri, Mar 7
By eriposte It should be noted, however, that Barack Obama had done much of the same thing on Hillary Clinton in order to help establish his advantage in the campaign. Consider Barack Obama on Hillary Clinton and partisanship (more in the extended entry):
Opinion: Why I Have More Foreign Policy Experience than Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
Original at The Left Coaster
• Sat, Dec 29
By eriposte Susan Rice, a National Security Council senior aide and State Department official under Mr. Clinton who now advises Mr. Obama, said Mrs. Clinton was not involved in “the heavy lifting of foreign policy.” Ms. Rice also took issue with a recent comment by a Clinton campaign official that Mrs. Cli...