Biden Has Laughing Fit When Asked To Assess GOP (VIDEO)

Two interesting moments came towards the end of Joe Biden's big interview on Sunday, in which the vice president first declined to deny his ambitions to be president, and later fell into a brief laughing fit when asked to assess the state of the Republican Party.

Sitting down with "Meet the Press," Biden was pressed by host David Gregory to play political prognosticator with the GOP. After a hearty chuckle and a Cheshire cat grin, the vice president noted that history has a way of bringing even the most fractious minority party back into relevancy.

"I just know there's a ferocious debate -- there appears to be ferocious debate within the Republican Party and what they're going to look like in the future," said Biden. "I was elected in 1972 as a 29-year-old kid. My party went through the exact same thing. I ran with George McGovern. He got clobbered nationally. I barely won here. For the next two and a half to four years we were in a very intense debate of the future of the party. I think it's predictable. I think the Republican Party will come out of this, I think they'll come back. They'll be strong again. The pendulum swings."

Earlier in the interview, Gregory asked Biden to assess his own political future. Recounting the arrangement that the Delaware Democrat agreed to when becoming vice president -- a roving portfolio and final or near-final consultation on all important matters -- the host asked whether proximity to the president made Biden eager to one day hold that office himself.

"We have the order of this operation correct," said Biden, who has run twice for the White House.

"But you don't want to become president?" Gregory responded.

"I didn't say that," said Biden "What I said is I think he's going to be a great president and I think he's off to a great start and I'm glad to be a part of it."

Pressed one more time whether he would rule it out, the vice president replied: "No, I won't rule it out, no."

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Biden, for the record, would be 74 years old if he were to run for office in 2016. The oldest president ever elected was Ronald Reagan, who won at the age of 69.

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Comments

[PrincipiaChamp]

Woot woot Joe Biden...Lo­ve you Joe!

I looked forward to this interview and catching Biden in action again, I wasn't disappointed. Joe was snap on everything­...no fear, no hesitation. Beautiful Bidenesque.

Joe rocked ;-)

(And what's with this odd headline..­.I think the author could do better, eh?)

[LizM]

I've come to the conclusion that, sadly, the author cannot do better...n­ot even with a modicum of effort on his part.

[LiberalForever]

David Gregory is limp.

[hippieforlife]

Did you miss the part where Jokin Joe said they guessed wrong on the stimulous numbers?

Hm??

[BurtonOerney]

Who are 'they?' What numbers?

[JackRusselTerrier]

I'm disappointed Huff Post would stoop to misleading its readers by posting such a headline that has no connection with the article written. Laughing fit? Only someone with a borderline personality disorder would interpret Bidens reaction as such.

How about reporting the present accurately instead of trying to forecast the future with nothing more than opinions and conjecture. You know what they say about opinions (insert joke here).

[Chitownfool]

OCD is a borderline personality disorder..­.whats your point?

[JackRusselTerrier]

OCD can be one of the symptoms of BPD. OCD is not a BPD.
But , let''s not get caught up in semantics.

Read my comment again and disregard the third sentence.
If you still don't get it, probably no amount of explanation will help you.

I'm sorry to be so blunt, but I thought my point was pretty clear to begin with.

[DeBartolo]

ASSESSMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

Six (6) words which are interchangable and all mean the same thing:

1. GOP
2. Republican Party
3. Christian Right
4. Baptist
5. Evangelical
6. Pharisee

The young people of today are seeing through the prejudices and hypocrisy of the (choose one of the six listed above) _______.

[LiberalForever]

Your forgot a few.
7. Racists
8. Warmongers
9. SwiftBoat Liars
10. Tax cutters for the Rich ONLY

to name a few

[wdw505]

"liberal forever" in college i felt that way too, then i grew up and started my adult life......­.maybe one day you'll get there too.....

laughing

[Kiabell04]

LOL, I have the same reaction when I think of the GOP.

[VeroucaSalt]

Joe's "laughing fit" hardly compares to mine when someone asks me my opinion of the GOP.

Bwahahahah­ahahahahah­ahahahahaa­aaa!

[Kiabell04]

LOL, my sentiments exactly Verouca Salt

[janie@atthelake]

?????? where is it?

[Horus45]

Laughing fit???

Sheesh, the way Sam hyped this I half expected to see Biden ROTFL!

[westreal]

I must have smoked too much medical marijuana because I don't see no laughing fit.

[cyoohoos]

Did they switch the clip? This one isn't even about the GOP, it's about Biden running for President.

[nicholasjh1]

yeah it does seem like MSNBC shortened the original clip to only show the Biden as president questions.

[joybe2006]

Gotta love Biden, the GOP is a total joke

[henrypapillon]

Oh, great, a conversation between Joe the Bloviator and David the Vapid.

[mudmanor]

Finally, I'm not the only one who sees how VAPID he is.

[LoyalOpposition]

I wish that interviewers would let us get on with the present, instead of jumping into the far-off unknown.

[elizlucinda]

Ah...come on you guys...I was looking for the laughing fit....and all I got was a little guffaw....­...Gees...­.quit exaggeratinghttp: