“We’ve debunked about a dozen myths so far — from the outlandish ‘Death Panel’ claims to the idea that we’re eliminating Medicare benefits. But the biggest myth of all is that our health insurance system is just fine, that there is no serious need for reform. I heard one opponent of reform in congress say [...]

“It’s not just a congresswoman. This is bigger than Debbie. This is bigger than me. I promise you: If the Republicans succeed in knocking off these new bright stars … What do you think the chances [are] for the kind of reform we need for that little 3-year-old beauty in the next four to six [...]

Some people say “a vice president is just a vice president,” that a visit from a #2 isn’t all that big a deal. However, it seems that Vice President Biden’s current trip has important meanings for all involved. While it may not be as big a deal as a visit from Obama himself, sending the [...]

Back when I first heard that Barack Obama had selected Joe Biden as his running mate, I wondered, “How’s that dynamic going to work out?” The Joe Biden I knew was a senior senator who liked his Amtrak commutes, his role on the foreign relations committee and his independence. But then Obama appeared on “Meet [...]

In a show of good faith, Vice President Joe Biden flew to Baghdad Thursday evening on his unprecedented three-day visit. Typically, a high-level official – like Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney – only remains in the country for a day or less, so the trip is unusually long. But Biden said this [...]

Solar Energy: “We’re trying to lay a foundation for a new economy…We are investing not in digging more oil wells but in building more wind farms, investing in solar energy….We are going to have an economy that [is] not based on a bubble.” (Media Teleconference, 6/8/09)
This Tuesday, Joe Biden will be traveling to a solar [...]

As you may recall, on the campaign trail, Joe Biden was heralded as “head of the Middle Class taskforce” – whose activities can be viewed here.
Yet the question remains: What has Joe Biden done for the Middle Class?
Several months ago, I checked the Middle Class Task Force site only to find a discussion of ways [...]

“They’re either going to have to agree with us, come up with an alternative or we’re not going to have health care… and we’re going to get health care.” (NBC, “Meet the Press,” 6/14/09)
There are few areas Democrats and Republicans disagree in more than healthcare. The Obama-Biden administration has made it abundantly clear that they [...]

Politico.com reports that Joe Biden plans to “limit the role of vice president” to what it supposedly was before the Bush-Cheney White House:
Dialing back his predecessor’s expansive view of the office, Vice President-elect Joe Biden plans on “restoring the Office of the Vice President to its historical role” as adviser to the president and tie-breaker [...]

When Barack Obama and Joe Biden first hit the campaign trail, it seemed the two were Best Friends Forever. Every picture showed them laughing, patting each other on the back, whispering and cheery. Michelle and Jill were hugging on Entertainment television and complimenting each other. “Every major decision he’ll be making, I’ll be sitting in [...]

Politico is reporting that Barack Obama’s administration will likely use Joe Biden as the “good cop” to offset Rahm Emanuel’s “bad cop” role:
The Democrats’ apparent failure to win the 60 Senate seats necessary to halt a GOP filibuster has created the need for inter-party ambassadors like Biden who are practiced at the art of aisle [...]

You all know I’m not a fan of Sarah Palin, but the following is beyond the pale and I actually feel the need to defend the woman.
Watch and squirm…

Listen, I don’t buy for a second that she didn’t know which countries are in NAFTA or that Africa is a continent, not a country.
Why?
Because people who [...]

The war is beginning behinds the scenes between the Palin people and the McCain people, and it looks like they’re trying to hit the Alaskan Governor right where it hurts: her authenticity.
From Newsweek:
NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin’s shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported.
While publicly supporting Palin, [...]

He has endorsed McCain for President, but when asked if Palin is ready, the former Secretary of State under George H.W. Bush said the following…
“Look, of course not. I don’t think at the moment she is prepared to take over the reins of the presidency. I can name for you any number of other vice [...]

I’m sorry folks, but the following argument is RIDICULOUS and I can’t believe it’s coming out of the mouth of somebody so close to the presidency…much less the Governor of one of our states.
I mean…WTF?
Palin told WMAL-AM that her criticism of Obama’s associations, like those with 1960s radical Bill Ayers and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, [...]

What’s all this furor? With barely a week to go, Sarah Palin has become the CNN scapegoat for McCain’s impending doom. CNN’s Rick Sanchez attempted another “Gotcha” moment yesterday afternoon as he tried to catch Palin disagreeing with Boss McCain on Ted Stevens; but before he could assess her first statement about the “sad day [...]

Not exactly a vote of confidence…

I wonder if he knows about this.

Airfare for your kids to fly around to events on the taxpayers’ dime: $21,012
Designer clothes for your botched Vice Presidential roll out: $150,000
Destroying McCain’s chances to become President: Priceless
Yeah, she’s got a shot.
Sure…….

More polls continue to state the obvious: the Palin pick is destroying McCain’s chances.
From MSNBC:
That doesn’t appear to be the case with McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin. Fifty-five percent of respondents say she’s not qualified to serve as president if the need arises, up five points from the previous poll.
In addition, for the first time, [...]

Earlier in the year, Palin was famously quoted as saying the following…

Sure, she was just kidding. Fair enough.
Then how does she explain this…

Folks, all the VP does is break ties in the Senate and be ready to be President if the need arises. Those are basically the VP’s two jobs. What Palin describes in this [...]