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Joe Biden To Democrats: 'Not So Sure What A Blessing 60 Votes Was'

First Posted: 3/28/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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Talking Points Memo:

Vice President Joe Biden told key members of the Democratic National Committee's National Finance Committee and National Advisory Board today to "keep the faith," promising that President Obama still stands for "real change" and saying that 60 Senate seats wasn't all it was cracked up to be, anyway.

"When we had sixty votes there was the expectation left, right, and center that we could do everything we wanted to do, which was never realistic. Never," Biden told the crowd of about 100 people. "Yes it's had a practical impact, but I'm not so sure what a blessing 60 votes was."

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