Joe Biden history

Joe Biden's just sittin' around with his thumb up his ass

November 27, 2008 - While Obama has been filling up his cabinet, his VP-elect is still waiting for The One to give him something to do. Obama is late in giving Joe Biden a defined portfolio of issues on which to focus, th...

23/6 Video: Joe Biden, closed captioned for the talking-points impaired

August 27, 2008 - While we are still awaiting for our Obama text (it's 48 hours late!), Joe Biden sent us a video, encouraging us to get out the vote. While the Senator from Delaware is sticking to his new "hope, change, hope" talking points, we managed to turn on the closed captioning...

WATCH: Joe Biden, closed captioned

August 27, 2008 - All right, we've stopped checking for our Obama text. It ain't coming. But we got the next best thing- a Joe Biden youtube video in our inbox, encouraging us to get out the vote. While the Senator from Delaware is sticking to his new "hope, change, hope" talking...

If they IM'd: Obama's (Former) VP Prospects

August 25, 2008 - After an ENTIRE FRIGGING WEEK of hovering over our blackberry screens, Barack Obama finally announced that his choice for Vice President would be (slightly pissed off drum-roll...) Sen. Joe Biden. This surely didn't sit well with the other prospects, but the whole process appears to have brought th...

From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Dude, Where's My Change?

August 25, 2008 - Joe Biden? That's it? Is this the start of the big sea change in American politics? He of the loose lips and bad hair transplants is the first change that Obama has for us? Seriously, if you sat down for a month and tried to think of a more...

Meanwhile, Biden is holed up, pasting his speech for Wednesday night

August 25, 2008 - Sen. Joe Biden is scheduled to speak at the Democratic Convention on Wednesday night, and we are on pins and needles. What will Joe Biden say, and who will be credited as a source only after Biden is called a plagiarist? (During his 1988 presidential run...

From The Room: Biden Saturday

August 24, 2008 - Yesterday was "Biden Saturday" with his virtues being assessed 24/7, waking me up to the fact that I should have tapped him. Biden's years of experience would shore up my lack of expertise in foreign policy. Plus, he'd raise my stock with Latinos. His courage and grace...

A quick "thanks" to Senator Obama for ruining our weekend

August 24, 2008 - Friday was supposed to be all VP, all day. Obama would text us in the morning and we'd make fun of his choice before lunch. Beer Friday would commence as usual, at about 4 PM. Drudge said all bets were on Biden, so we started a "Live Chat with...

Chat with Joe "Oops, that came out wrong" Biden!

August 23, 2008 - The detached Harvard smartypants picked the blue-collar loose cannon to be his veep and we are beside ourselves with happiness. Joe Biden is affable and gaffable. During the primary, he "complimented" Indian-A...