Dec 27, 2011 – Last week, Vice President Joe Biden offered the latest - and arguably the clearest - evidence of Team Obama's strategy for victory … In an interview with former State Department official Leslie Gelb published in Newsweek, Biden declared: "The Taliban per se is not … There is a question that must be answered before we go any farther in the direction Obama-Biden and Company clearly have in mind -…

Jul 30, 2008 – When I asked one administration official to identify some heroes in this legislative fight, he responded: "Joe Biden." … "Biden was unbelievably professional," he said, "patient with the hysterics of other senators and always looking for compromise." … Others, such as Jon Kyl, refused to support the bill, but allowed it to be considered.…

Aug 27, 2008 – Barack Obama’s selection of veteran Senator Joe Biden is an attempt to plug a very real problem – Obama’s own lack of experience. … Biden. … Selecting Rick Santorum as VP will enable McCain to put the focus on Barack Obama, Joe Biden, the abortion supporting Democrat party…

Aug 26, 2008 – Her words of support, of course, allow her to ask anyone who doubts her commitment, Well, what else was I supposed to say? … She actually had nicer things to say both about Michelle Obama and Joe Biden than about Barack himself.  … the Clinton people will continue to say everything they must in order to be able to defend Hillary from charges that her lack of support…

Aug 26, 2008 – The selection of Joe Biden as Barack Obama’s running mate changes the whole dynamic of the Veep choice now facing John McCain. … Current polls show that only half of Hillary’s voters currently back The One; a full 20% already support McCain. … When it comes to debating Joe Biden, she should do very well – and draw big ratings for only the second candidate’s debate in national…

Aug 26, 2008 – While 180-degree turns are common in politics, Biden has a record of substantive criticism of Obama and of support for the Iraq War … Joe Biden was ranked third most liberal in 2007. No demonstration of compromise there. … Biden is not "change we can believe in." He is change to deceive with.…

Aug 26, 2008 – Biden. … One big problem with Biden: Like Hillary Clinton, Biden voted to authorize the use of U.S. military force in Iraq. … Biden says that his old friend, John McCain, has changed his positions to win the GOP nomination.…

Aug 25, 2008 – The fact that Barack Obama named Joe Biden as his vice presidential candidate will have relatively little impact on the strategic framework … Biden was the best of the names on Obama's short list. … It doesn't matter to them that he chose Biden over Bayh or Kaine.…

Aug 25, 2008 – Obama thought through all of his options and gave his supporters…Joe Biden! … Yes, Senator Obama confronted his first momentous decision and settled upon Senator Joe Biden, the consummate Washington insider, as … Now that the Senator has announced his choice of running mates the American voter must ask: Is Joe Biden the change we have been waiting…

Aug 24, 2008 – The fact that he named Joe Biden as his vice presidential candidate will have relatively little impact on the strategic framework of … Biden was the best of the names on Obama's short list. … I have previously written about the advantages of Joe Lieberman for vice president.…

Aug 24, 2008 – A new Gallup poll shows that the selection of Joe Biden isn't having much of an impact on the Obama campaign's popularity.  14% of … voters say the selection of "Slow Joe" makes them more likely to support the ticket; 7% say they're less likely; for 72%, it makes … What's more, although the Biden pick was aimed at remediating Barack's weaknesses with regular voters, it also spoke volumes about…

Sep 5, 2008 – three of the most familiar and weather-beaten figures in American politics,” Broder wrote, namely President Bush, Fred Thompson and Joe … Many senators, including Obama and his vice presidential pick, Joe Biden, opposed it. … “The president and others who support the surge have it exactly backwards,” Biden said in December 2006.…

Sep 3, 2008 – it brings to the political fore a refreshing new face; it contrasts that face with the weathered and all-too-familiar features of Joe … Biden; it likely invigorates both the Republican Party's pro-life and pro-free market constituencies, which, by the way, don't necessarily … But you won't know him, really, until out he scampers, demanding, (with the support of fellow porkers in the Democratic Congress),…

Sep 2, 2008 – candidate for Vice President with respect to this portfolio is likely to be substantially better than that of either Barack Obama or Joe … Biden. … Opinion polls suggest that the support missile defense enjoys among Gov.…

Aug 29, 2008 – Most important, Obama opposed the Iraq war vote in 2003 as other Democrats -- read: Clinton, running mate Joe Biden, Christopher Dodd … Only then did he decide to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and realize that he might support offshore drilling…

Aug 29, 2008 – Joe Biden -- Obama’s eventual running mate -- pointed out in 2007. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.” … presidential candidate took the stage to call for change -- it was her sad duty to ask her supporters to change their minds, and support … Joe Biden took the stage to accept the vice presidential nomination.…

Aug 29, 2008 – Joe Biden damns with faint praise: "John McCain is my friend. But these times require more than a good soldier." … Joe Biden is the ultimate insider, suspicious of reformers and of anyone who would challenge the perks of insiders who know how Washington … Will his support of the surge in Iraq, now recognized as a qualified success, sustain his own surge of voter support?…

Aug 29, 2008 – The selection of Joe Biden as a running mate did not give Barack Obama the bounce he was expecting. … Nor does anyone expect Biden to bring any state (other than his small home state of Delaware) to Barack Obama’s winning column. … Clintons do from here on, whether they snipe and hedge, or obstruct and bother, the fact remains that they not only threw their support…

Sep 16, 2008 – Here's the priceless Joe Biden, explaining why some ignorant rubes might not support the Obamessiah:All this stuff about how different … Those who don't support my running mate are just ignorant and stupid.  … Then there's Jack Cafferty, who effectively calls those support McCain racists:[T]he polls [in the presidential race] remain close.…

Sep 15, 2008 – Mike Huckabee reminded Americans, “Sarah Palin got more votes running for the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for … Republican women are excited about this historic moment and are eager to support the McCain/Palin ticket this fall.”…

Sep 12, 2008 – Did Joe Biden fix Barack Obama's problem with Catholics? … Vice presidential nominee Biden ad-libbed a line about how when he looked out the window of his Amtrak train at night, he could see … Joe "the Scranton scrapper" Biden claims to speak for allegedly Dickensian working-class folks suffering by flickering lamplight.…

Sep 12, 2008 – Barack Obama in June they pledged to support his campaign with funds collected from union members. … any advice to the Washington Redskins, a team he coached to three Super Bowl victories, but National Football League Hall of Famer Joe … And it would include such familiar names as Joseph Biden, Robert 'I'm old enough to be your grandfather' Byrd, Hillary Clinton, Christopher…

Sep 12, 2008 – Just to give one great example of what she brings to the ticket, Barack Obama and Joe Biden both voted more than once to support the … I don't remember...oh, yes, he took Joe Biden who was last seen telling people Hillary may have been a better pick for Obama. … Awww, say it ain't so, Joe!…

Sep 12, 2008 – And there was the inexplicable claim by Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden that electing Palin as the first female vice … In his introduction of Biden at another campaign event, Democratic Congressman Russ Carnahan said of Palin, "There's no way you can … But do Fowler and others on the left really favor a woman's right to choose -- or do they only support women who make the same choices…

Sep 12, 2008 – Even Joe Biden asking a wheelchair bound person to "stand up" and be recognized was actually just an example of the kinds of gaffes … But as noted before, where is the focus on Biden? … If so, it might not be Palin who wilts, but Biden who seals the deal for a suddenly reinvigorated McCain.…