Joe Biden
Biden vs. Cheney: Current VP Says Predecessor Trying To “Rewrite History,” Cheney Rants Against Obama’s “Mindset”
Only days after the Olympic Games launched in Vancouver, a different kind of competition was consuming the political scene and providing rather spicy entertainment in its own right. The seemingly endless war of words between former Vice President Dick Cheney and the Obama administration was touched off anew on the Sunday shows, reaching a new […]
Obama Kicks Off Post-SOTU Jobs Message In Florida
President Obama and Vice President Biden travel to Tampa, Florida on Thursday for a post-State of the Union town hall that will be the debut of a reframed White House agenda with jobs at its core.
Having said the word “jobs” almost 30 times on Wednesday night, there is little doubt that the president has received […]
President Promises To “Fight For The Middle Class” In SOTU Preview
Attending a meeting of the White House “Middle Class Task Force” with Vice President Biden on Monday, President Obama detailed some of the economic proposals he will talk about in Wednesday’s State of the Union address and offered up strong language to affirm his intention to make a swift pivot to jobs in the wake […]
Veep Biden “Confident” Health Care Gets Lieberman’s Vote
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As President Obama prepares for a crucial meeting with disgruntled Senate Democrats to lay out what his being described as an ultimatum to get health care legislation through the Senate by Christmas, Vice President Biden said on Tuesday that he is “confident” that Connecticut […]
POTUS Observes 9/11 Anniversary
President Obama and Vice President Biden will mark the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in both New York and Washington today at ceremonies remembering the attacks and the thousands of victims.
Biden is already in New York for the memorial event at Ground Zero, while the president issued a morning proclamation marking the anniversary […]
Health Care Posturing
It;’s a busy Wednesday in the world of health care politics.
Just as the White House announces an important deal cut with hospitals to gain both support and savings for President Obama’s health care reform legislation, the top Senate Democrat is indicating that patience is wearing thin with foot-dragging moderates over crucial aspects of reform.
Vice President […]
Biden Makes Sunday Talk Headlines
Vice President Joe Biden sat down for a one-on-one interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that aired on Sunday’s “This Week.” The program was taped in Iraq during the VP’s well-publicized visit there, but the real news making appeal from the sit-down came on two issues far removed from the battlegrounds of Mesopotamia.
Given that Biden was […]
Dr. Biden Spreading Swine Flu Panic
The Obama White House is probably longing this morning for a vice president with the undisclosed locations and aversion to the media that Dick Cheney displayed for eight years. Why? Well, Joe Biden opened his mouth…
After a first 100 days of his own with relatively few serious gaffes, the vice president might have crossed the […]
New Dem Specter Meets Jubilant Obama
Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, the most talked about man in Washington than to his party switch bombshell from yesterday, sealed his deal to shift to the Democratic caucus with a morning meeting and press conference with both President Obama and Vice President Biden, the latter a key player in convincing Specter to dump the GOP.
Obama […]
Joe Biden: “Ssshhh” (You Might Offend Hillary…)
Shall we call this the great “ssshhh” debate? Media fodder, for sure…
So the story undercutting a lot of the coverage (like the lead on “Hardball”. Who says Matthews is in the tank?) of the looming historical inauguration of Barack Obama as our 44th President tomorrow is the slip of the tongue poor Jill Biden, wife […]
