Take out your pencil and write 100 times, “It’s the cover up that gets you.” And when you’re done with that, write it 100 more times. That ought to be an exercise for anyone considering running for public office. It’s been some 40 years since Watergate, which inspired that cliche, yet, incredibly, the Obama administration […]
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Joe Biden blew it. But it’s going to take a few days for that to become clear. For all the energy the vice president showed at the Kentucky debate — and God knows his ticket needed it — his “Saturday Night Live“-skit performance Thursday night obscured anything of substance said on stage — other than […]
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No he didn’t… Kind of reminds you of …
Read the rest of this entry »Did Robert Reich Just Signal Hillary’s Willingness to Run for VP?
Former Clinton Administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich revived speculation today that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden will trade places for the 2012 election. I can’t help seeing this as more an official floating of the idea than a thinking aloud piece from Mr. Reich, who enjoys a long friendship and professional relationship […]
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Persistent rumors have abounded — and have been shot down with equal persistence — that Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton might swap positions for the 2012 elections. The argument is that Biden adds nothing to the 2012 ticket — and that he yearns to be Secretary of State — while […]
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The White House is continuing to deny that Vice President Joe Biden used the word “terrorist” to describe American Tea Party members. The story was broken by Politico, as professional a political news outfit as one can find anywhere, which had it from three separate sources who had been in the room with Biden that, […]
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A Tea Party activist confronted President Obama last night in Iowa, demanding to know how he could be calling for civility when Vice President Joe Biden is calling people like him “terrorists.” The President graciously spoke with the man one-on-one after the event. Ain’t America great? Really. Can you imagine what would happen to the guy in […]
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