Beau Biden to Replace Joe Biden?
While Barack Obama has already resigned his Senate seat to concentrate on the transition, Joe Biden has not followed suit. NBC's Doug Adams speculates that he's holding off on doing so in order to set the stage for his son, Beau, to replace him. Biden told a local TV station right before Election Day he didn't want to resign his seat ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 18, 2008 07:29
The Laconic Karl Rove
This NYT Magazine interview with Karl Rove is rather amusing, especially for the terseness of his responses. Do you like Joe Biden? I think he has an odd combination of longevity and long-windedness that passes for wisdom in Washington. Do you regret anything that happened in the White House during your tenure? Sure. You’ve been booed off stages recently. No, I haven’t. I’ve been booed on ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 15, 2008 07:43
Palin Derangement Syndrome
Two lawyer-bloggers who I've followed for years are upset with me for buying into the "Sarah Palin was in over her head" meme. Xrlq accused me of drinking "the anti-Palin Kool-Aid" for buying into claims that Palin didn't know which countries were in NAFTA while Bill Dyer is "genuinely concerned for [my] mental health." As to the more "outlandish" ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 9, 2008 09:30
Palin Last Nail in Republican Coffin?
Quite a few reports came out yesterday buttressing rumors that there were tensions between John McCain and Sarah Palin which caused a feud within the campaign team. It's only fitting, I suppose, since the selection of Palin has highlighted and exacerbated a growing fissure within the Republican Party itself. Fox New's Carl Cameron dished last night about rumors that Palin was ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 6, 2008 08:06
Anchorage Daily News Endorses Obama
The Anchorage Daily News has endorsed Barack Obama for President.Gov. Palin has shown the country why she has been so successful in her young political career. Passionate, charismatic and indefatigable, she draws huge crowds and sows excitement in her wake. She has made it clear she's a force to be reckoned with, and you can be sure politicians and political ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 27, 2008 03:25
Biden Gaffes Covered Up by Biased Media!
Kirsten Powers has an amusing piece in the NY Post headlined "BIDEN'S BUNGLES: A BLATANT BIAS." It echoes sentiments I've been seeing in the comments section: Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden as his running mate prompted a small wave of warnings about Biden's propensity for gaffes. But no one imagined even in a worse-case scenario such a spectacular bomb as ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 23, 2008 06:38
Polls: Obama Won Debate (Again)
Shocking news: All the major polls show that Barack Obama won the third debate, just as they showed that he won the first two and Joe Biden won the VP debate. Between the liberal media conspiracy and the fact that Obama and Biden are better debators than McCain and Palin, it's not even fair. At any rate, the numbers. Bold text ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 16, 2008 08:32
Obama Lead Solidifies Going into 2nd Debate
Barack Obama and Joe Biden continue to pull away from John McCain and Sarah Palin in the national polls, bolstered by the economic crisis and superior performances in the first two debates. The new WSJ/NBC poll parallels recent findings: Voters were much more likely to say they felt good about Sen. Obama's handling of the current economic crisis than they were ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 7, 2008 09:06
SNL Parodies VP Debates (Video)
"Saturday Night Live" parodied the debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, getting in good zingers against both. It's starting to feel like Tina Fey is running for vice president. Fey again returned to "Saturday Night Live" to play Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as the sketch comedy show continued to pull out all the stops in its election ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 5, 2008 07:26
Biden’s Son Headed to Iraq
We've known for some time that CPT Beau Biden, son of VP nominee Joe, is headed off to Iraq. Dad sent them off with a farewell address today: Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden told his son and other Delaware National Guard troops on Friday that his heart was "full of love and pride" as they prepared to leave ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 3, 2008 14:54
