Oh, That Joe! (No. 5 in a Series) — Biden: Now is the Moment for me ‘as a US Senator Running for President’ to Put Aside Politics
At a Scranton, Penn., Italian festival this afternoon, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. standing on the side of a black Suburban, took the microphone to address the downtown crowd and explain why Hurricane Gustav precluded his campaigning today.
"I will be back, I’ll be back to campaign in earnest," Biden said, "but today is not the moment for me to campaign. Today is the moment for me as a United States senator running for president to put aside the national politics and focus on what’s happening down there" in the Gulf Coast.
Biden has still spent more time this election cycle campaigning for president than he has running for vice president.
– Jake Tapper and Matt Jaffe
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Biden: “I will be back, I’ll be back to campaign in earnest,” Biden said, “but today is not the moment for me to campaign. Today is the moment for me as a United States senator running for president…”
He’s still running for president? You know, there’s a reason why Biden didn’t get out of single digits in the presidential campaign. He’s a buffoon.
Posted by: Peach | September 1, 2008, 5:17 pm 5:17 pm
Lol. Good luck getting a handle on the vice part Joe.
Posted by: Rhoda | September 1, 2008, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm
Sounds like Biden is a big blowhard doofus
Posted by: smith | September 1, 2008, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm
still think “oh that Joe” should bo on GMA everyday
Easy to picure Diane turning to the camera
“and now, for our daily segment “oh that Joe”
Posted by: smith | September 1, 2008, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm
One House, One Spouse — Obama 08!!
Posted by: doug | September 1, 2008, 5:31 pm 5:31 pm
Biden…Another example why B. Hussein never got that bump in the polls (or AFTER the Dem Grecian Rock concert Convention). Obama 49…McCain 48.
When does Obama get that bump? After debates? I hardly think so.
Posted by: Debra | September 1, 2008, 5:31 pm 5:31 pm
Love Joe. Intend to vote for him. Biden for US Sentate08, McCain/Palin08
Posted by: Kitty | September 1, 2008, 5:31 pm 5:31 pm
We can only hope that Biden gets many, many more opportunities to speak.
Posted by: Sally J. | September 1, 2008, 5:33 pm 5:33 pm
==…there’s a reason why Biden didn’t get out of single digits in the presidential campaign. He’s a buffoon.==
However, he’s smart enough to have worked, no doubt, to get on the ticket so he could be the shadow prez.
Go, McCain/Palin!
Posted by: Mr. Incredible | September 1, 2008, 5:36 pm 5:36 pm
Debra
Obama leads McCain by 8 points in the CBS Poll just released this evening.
Posted by: Kevin | September 1, 2008, 5:40 pm 5:40 pm
Like I”ve been saying,
Biden/Obama 08 LOL!!
Posted by: JA | September 1, 2008, 5:40 pm 5:40 pm
Debra
He leads McCain by 6 points in the Gallup Poll. That CNN poll showing a 1 point lead is an outlier. Obama did not pick Biden to get bumps in the poll. He picked Biden because Biden does not ahve any UNKNOWN scandals that will come back and bite him. he did not pick Clinton because Clinton HAS scandals that we do not yet know about. trust me. The first rule of VP pick is to DO NO HARM!!!!!! McCain violated that rule terribly.
Posted by: Kevin | September 1, 2008, 5:42 pm 5:42 pm
Zogby: McCain by 2
Posted by: Mr. Incredible | September 1, 2008, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm
god the list just keeps writing its self
palin great choice mccain… i love a president who when the going gets tough and a tough decision needs to be made you roll the dice and hope for the best!
mccain a deadly choice
“ok boys if i roll higher then a 7 we invade russia, if i roll lower we invade iran! ready!!”
“so we have no choice but to go to war sir?”
“of course not if i roll box cars we go after bin laden and if i roll snake eyes we roll again ina week”
Posted by: bhrandon | September 1, 2008, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm
CNN Poll TODAY … Obama 49%, McCain 48% … no-bama-bounce for convention!
GALLUP Poll TODAY … Obama 49%, McCain 43% … McCain closing the gap!
… I guess it all depends on who they ask!
Posted by: Francisco Cardenas | September 1, 2008, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm
I heard palin just hired a lawyer to defend her against her illegal firing. Wow. What about that boy that impregnated her daughter. How old is he? Question, questions, questions. Somebody tell McCain: When picking a VP, the first rule is DO NO HARM. Sure she created excitement in the first 48 hours, but it will not last.
Posted by: Kevin | September 1, 2008, 5:46 pm 5:46 pm
We had heard hints of this. But just moments ago, Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC said that Republican lawyers are currently doing a vet of Sarah Palin up in Alaska. We’ll get you the video shortly. But it seems that the really deep vet of Palin started after her selection was announced.
Posted by: bhrandon | September 1, 2008, 5:47 pm 5:47 pm
Francisco Cardenas
McCain is not closing any GAP in the Gallup poll. Yesterday Obama led 48-42. Today he leads 49-43. The gap remained the same. It also remained the same in Rasmussen.
Posted by: Kevin | September 1, 2008, 5:47 pm 5:47 pm
bhrandon
Yes, they are just vetting the clown. Incredible. Do you want a President that does not even vet his VP pick?
Posted by: Kevin | September 1, 2008, 5:49 pm 5:49 pm
Kevin…we are not voting Biden and Obama has his own scandals…..WRIGHT, AYERS, REZKO (who will be sentenced anyday now)….what’s your point.
AMERICANS VOTE TOP OF THE TICKET EVERYTIME!
McCAIN/PALIN
Posted by: Debra | September 1, 2008, 5:51 pm 5:51 pm
Imagine the private conversation between Biden and Obama when they found out that McCain picked Palin for VP. Biden probably said to Obama, “Look O, McCain almost found someone with less experience than you have”.
Posted by: young_voter | September 1, 2008, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm
good one “young voter”…Palin has more executive experience than a 2 minute Senator who has spent more time campaigning than serving this county with his “present” votes.
COUNTRY FIRST McCAIN/PALIN!
Posted by: Debra | September 1, 2008, 5:54 pm 5:54 pm
You want a scandal -
How about Biden’s brother and son involved in a series of scandals involving a hedge fund that went bust. They are being sued.
I wonder how many widows and orphans have lost all their money because of Biden family greed.
Posted by: Peach | September 1, 2008, 5:55 pm 5:55 pm
The polls are going to be very unstable for awhile until everything settles down. A national tracking poll doesn’t have all that much to do with who is going to win, anyway. Still, I’d rather be ahead than behind.
Posted by: jock59801 | September 1, 2008, 5:56 pm 5:56 pm
Mr. Incredible
As you know, Obama has met his half-brother only once, briefly, and George doesn’t want any help from Barack anyway. He says he is doing just fine. But I suppose HIS opinion doesn’t matter when you have a good smear going.
Posted by: jock59801 | September 1, 2008, 6:05 pm 6:05 pm
At what point are the conservative voters going to finally admit that Obama is the candidate of family values? McCain/Palin talk the talk, but don’t walk the walk!
Posted by: Rick | September 1, 2008, 6:08 pm 6:08 pm
“At what point are the conservative voters going to finally admit that Obama is the candidate of family values?”
Sure he is. He shares the same values as Rev. Wright. LOL.
Posted by: Sue | September 1, 2008, 6:15 pm 6:15 pm
Maybe Joe just didn’t get the memo from Barack America.
Posted by: Don | September 1, 2008, 6:17 pm 6:17 pm
I think Obama’s big speech last thursday at the temple of doom in Denver may have been his last. McCain is looking so presidential in this time of crisis that I realize Obama was running for president of hollywood. At first I thought this rock star thing was not real but the more I see of him the more I realize he really is just a rock star.
Posted by: Ben | September 1, 2008, 6:21 pm 6:21 pm
I understand why Biden only got 9,000 votes as president. He is a joke. Scary actually.
Posted by: Lauren | September 1, 2008, 6:23 pm 6:23 pm
Obiden’s gaffes seem to be keeping the focus off of his son and brothers corruption. Good thinking Joe, keep it coming.
Posted by: WIforMCCAIN | September 1, 2008, 6:26 pm 6:26 pm
hmm. I am slowly boarding the Obama train, but I truly think he did himself a disservice by not picking hillary as vp. Biden doesnt seem to take anything seriously. I hope he is smart enough to put her in his cabinet if he is elected. Biden doesnt have much charisma. Hillary could handle palin real good on the equal pay equal work, biden and Obama have to tip toe.
Posted by: rachel | September 1, 2008, 6:27 pm 6:27 pm
Peach I hardly think so. I think maybe he was more worried about the gulf states than what he was saying.McCain is the Buffoon with his ditty of bomb bomb bomb Iran. inexcusable
Posted by: jojobo1 | September 1, 2008, 6:33 pm 6:33 pm
McCain grabbed 37 million dollars in August, and ten million since naming Palin:
Posted by: Mr. Incredible | September 1, 2008, 6:34 pm 6:34 pm
That should be 47 million…
Posted by: Mr. Incredible | September 1, 2008, 6:36 pm 6:36 pm
He has more experience than obama.
Joe would be the one running if he had the High powered dems behind him.
Posted by: seah | September 1, 2008, 6:51 pm 6:51 pm
Palin was never vetted!!! how is mccain looking presidential?
he looks like a fool right now
Posted by: bhrandon | September 1, 2008, 6:52 pm 6:52 pm
==Biden thinks he should really be the President, not Obama.==
If they win, he really WILL be the prez. That’s why NObama got him.
Posted by: Mr. Incredible | September 1, 2008, 6:56 pm 6:56 pm
Jake
Are you going to start an “Oh, that Sarah” series for when she says things like “If [the Pledge] was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me.”
Not to mention saying that creationism should be taught in science classes!
Posted by: jock59801 | September 1, 2008, 6:59 pm 6:59 pm
“Palin was never vetted!!!”
Do you really believe that if you repeat that lie enough it will magically become true?
Posted by: Frank | September 1, 2008, 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
Has Obama not broken it to Biden yet that he’s the VP candidate, not the top of the ticket.
Posted by: Jo | September 1, 2008, 7:03 pm 7:03 pm
Looks like Biden’s big mouth wasn’t vetted.
Posted by: Jo | September 1, 2008, 7:03 pm 7:03 pm
It must be nice for Obama & his team to know that the only mainstream news outlets this kind of thing will come out on is THIS blog. Therefore they have no reason to worry about anyone finding out these gaffes.
However, each slip o’ the tongue of McCain AND Palin will be played on the nightly newscasts. And 24/7 on cable news.
Posted by: Jo | September 1, 2008, 7:08 pm 7:08 pm
Isn’t it spelled “dufus”?
Let’s ask Joe, I’m sure he knows.
Posted by: JA | September 1, 2008, 7:14 pm 7:14 pm
Isn’t it spelled “dufus”?
Let’s ask Joe, I’m sure he knows.
Posted by: JA | September 1, 2008, 7:14 pm 7:14 pm
Me thinks that Biden pulled a Jessie. He is a bit resentful because the ticket is backwards!
Posted by: eviee | September 1, 2008, 7:15 pm 7:15 pm
Eviee,
Biden is certainly jealous he’s on the bottom of the ticket. He was planning to retire soon, and thought he’d give the presidential run one more try. It didn’t work out, and when he saw some know-nothing kid who has accomplished nothing but talks good game won, he got p’d.
Sometimes I feel Biden is doing this on purpose to undermine Barack out of spite. Perhaps not consciously. But there have been too many gaffes.
Posted by: JA | September 1, 2008, 7:17 pm 7:17 pm
Okay Joe, settle down. You only get to be VP. I’m not going to the pearly gates before you, so don’t get excited…Now eat your ice cream before it goes soft.
Posted by: irma | September 1, 2008, 7:22 pm 7:22 pm
I love Biden, but good luck to Obama reining his mouth in. He loves to talk. There isn’t a podium, microphone, megaphone or mirror the guy doesn’t love.
Posted by: alpaig52 | September 1, 2008, 7:31 pm 7:31 pm
Either a Freudian slip or a senior moment! But Joe definitely has a point – he should be the top of that ticket. I have to agree with the slip!
Posted by: Beckie | September 1, 2008, 7:49 pm 7:49 pm
Hey Obama fans, still think Joe isn’t a big doofus! lol,lol,lol!
Posted by: Beckie | September 1, 2008, 7:55 pm 7:55 pm
Biden knows that he has one shot left to run for President. It would not be a surprise to see him run against Obama in four years, saying this guy Obama is so inexperienced, I have to keep him propped up, so Americans should vote for the real thing instead. The only problem is that the real thing is actually Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | September 1, 2008, 8:05 pm 8:05 pm
oh that joe…YOU SCREW BALL…I LUV YA BUT DO BE GOING ALL “JOHN MCCAIN ” ON US!
ALASKA FIRST…ALASKA ALWAYS!
Posted by: mark | September 1, 2008, 8:29 pm 8:29 pm
This guy needs to put
himself on a program
of self-improvement.
The first thing he has
to know is he’s a nuisance
most of the time. He’s
not funny.
Then gradually work upwards
from there.
Posted by: anon | September 1, 2008, 9:01 pm 9:01 pm
The Dem Veep pick is a
scatterbrain.
Posted by: anon | September 1, 2008, 9:06 pm 9:06 pm
Okay, so Obama has introduced Biden as the next president of the United States and now Biden seems to think he is running for that office. Makes sense to me. The guy with actual experience goes on the top of the ticket and the novice takes VP. Makes much more sense this way. Looks like the Repugs got the memo before the Dems though.
Posted by: Nancy | September 1, 2008, 9:30 pm 9:30 pm
Biden is a few bricks short of
a full load. Half a quart low.
Posted by: anon | September 1, 2008, 10:27 pm 10:27 pm
I love Joe!
Perfect, no, but real and good and smart, yes. He’s really real. Not pretending to be real. There’s a big difference.
Posted by: Alaska First! | September 1, 2008, 11:05 pm 11:05 pm
There is a reason (well, several reasons) why Joe Biden never made it into double digits in his various runs at the presidency.
Posted by: Peach | September 1, 2008, 11:30 pm 11:30 pm
He’s been doing this fake
slip-of-the-tongue routine
for a while now. It’s
wearing thin. In the primaries
practically nobody voted for
him. He’s too harebrained.
Posted by: anon | September 1, 2008, 11:40 pm 11:40 pm
If the party regulations
allow it, BO should dump
this guy and put HRC on
the ticket.
Posted by: anon | September 1, 2008, 11:56 pm 11:56 pm
I’ve always said i. Joe Biden is a stupid, stupid man.
Posted by: Warner Todd Huston | September 2, 2008, 12:29 am 12:29 am
So Joe is human and slips up from time to time like the rest of us. I think Joe Biden is an excellent pick for VP. It is the “gotcha politics” that is getting old.
Posted by: Sharon Davis | September 2, 2008, 1:28 am 1:28 am
just think obama is a heart beat away from having to know something for the first time in my life im more worried about losing a vice president more than i am a president
Posted by: david reyes | September 2, 2008, 2:00 am 2:00 am
So now that we’ve heard it from both Obama and Biden, can we admit it’s official? Obama is the front man and Biden is the guy who’ll REALLY be running the country.
Posted by: marylou | September 2, 2008, 5:40 am 5:40 am
Obama did introduce his running mate as the “Next President” – so Joe is taking him at his word.
Posted by: susie | September 2, 2008, 8:24 am 8:24 am
Obama/Biden–two Washington cronies.
or more like a comedy team.
Posted by: riley | September 2, 2008, 9:11 am 9:11 am
And people are afraid of Palin becoming president….Biden is not a comforting thought.
Posted by: cindy in nc | September 2, 2008, 9:13 am 9:13 am
Jake,
Oh the Joe #6
“if Barack grew up in our neighborhood like he did in Kansas being raised by his grandparents”
Obama did not grow up in Kansas. He has never even lived in Kansas
Posted by: geevill | September 2, 2008, 9:18 am 9:18 am
I dont know how any AMERICAN could really vote for obama! Wake up! THINK BEFOR YOU VOTE!!!! NOOOOOOOOBAMA!!!!!
Posted by: Donna | September 2, 2008, 9:56 am 9:56 am
Obama/Biden = Cronyism not change
Posted by: cindy in nc | September 2, 2008, 10:08 am 10:08 am
Hardly any Dems voted for him
in the primaries. Hardly any
Dems like him now.
Kick him off the ticket before
it is too late. Hillary Clinton
is a thousand times better.
Posted by: anon | September 2, 2008, 10:25 am 10:25 am
Imagine Koss and MSM if Palin had made such an inference!!!
Posted by: Merlin | September 2, 2008, 10:53 am 10:53 am
With all the talk of mccain’s age and health, lets not forget biden had brain surgery twice for cerebral aneurysms, aka, “ticking time bombs”.
Posted by: pp | September 2, 2008, 11:27 am 11:27 am
Thank You so much!
Posted by: Sharon Davis
So Joe is human and slips up from time to time like the rest of us. I think Joe Biden is an excellent pick for VP. It is the “gotcha politics” that is getting old.
At the pace they all are going, slip of the tongue is bound to happen, Let’s get back to issues People!
Posted by: fempharoh08 | September 2, 2008, 1:51 pm 1:51 pm
OBiden, today’s Dan Quayle….
Tomorrow’s idiot.
Palin/McCain 08
Posted by: LarryMan | September 2, 2008, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm
Have another drink Joe!
That last video I saw him in, the guy was tipsy..Bottoms Up!
Posted by: Just Saying | September 2, 2008, 10:36 pm 10:36 pm
Mccain/Palin looks like a good choice! We can’t afford obama!$845billion for global poverty! Tax payers will pay for that! He wants Wealth re-distribution,taking from the rich and giving to the poor! I’m POOR,But I dont want what someone else has! THE RICH MADE IT! GOOD FOR THEM! WE ALL HAVE The potential to be rich,if we just use IT! Who the hell does he think he is? ROBIN HOOD???
Posted by: Donna | September 6, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am