Biden’s people quickly did the turnaround, denying the existence of such a location, stating in a statement that he was talking about “an upstairs workspace […] that was converted into an upstairs guestroom when the Bidens moved in.” continue reading...

Joe and Jill Biden appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday. On the show, the (almost) vice-president’s wife told viewers that Barack Obama gave her husband the choice to be either his running mate, or the Secretary of State. Joe Biden immediately shushed his wife, which caused raucous laughter in the audience. He finally allowed his wife to continue, and she said she had told him that if he were Secretary of State the family would rarely see him. This account of events was denied by the Obama transition team after the show aired yesterday afternoon. Read more… continue reading...

In an obvious case of liberal elite media bias, Governor Palin is asked what a US vice president does:

TRANSLATION: “Double talk, double talk, double talk… I’m not really sure. Maverick.” continue reading...

Yes, you will get clobbered for answering questions wrong. And yes, you will get clobbered for just NOT answering questions. But it is not the media’s job to make things easy for politicians. The debate is the forum where you talk about your ticket and rail on Obama. Leave it to FOX News to allow her the soapbox. And if I hear the words “media elite,” or “Washington elite,” again, I swear… continue reading...

Good rundown from CNN. continue reading...

The world would be a far better place if Dick Cheney would have stuck to his guns and not accepted the VP job:

Dick Cheney once considered the vice presidency a “cruddy job” but got over his misgivings and went on to be arguably the most powerful No. 2 in U.S. politics, and one of the most heavily criticized. continue reading...