Why Hasn’t Joe Biden Resigned His Senate Seat?

No, he said that his vote might have been needed in THIS session of the Senate. That’s all. Why does everyone try to parse every word anyone says to the media. Sometimes a word is just a word.

… and, sometimes, it’s two sets of words.

He’s just waiting for his VP job confirmation letter.

OMG! George….what are we watching here? An interview with the next VPOTUS or a softball tournament? 2 puppies????
Why don’t you ask some real questions of this guy? Like how come he can put his foot in his mouth and get away with it but Palin get’s a body cavity search when she lets out a doozy? How can Obama be considered an agent of change when he hooks up with one of the oldest most ingrown members of the DC political machine? Where was Biden when everything we hate about DC was going on…..right in the middle of it….
George you never have been a journalist. You are an advocate for a position……RESIGN!!!!
for the record: I am not a republican. I am not a right wing nut. I hate GW and I did not vote for McCain/Palin….so relax Obama-bots….this is not the Cultural Revolution as per China 1969!!! Go wave you little Red Obama Party Books at someone else…..

He wants to talk out of both sides of his mouth!

Isn’t the question why did Obama resign as soon as he did? Did anyone ever ask him that? After all, he didn’t have to and he left the people of Illinois with only one Senator-not that the people of Illinois have ever been a concern for him. Did he want to avoid having to cast a vote? That would be so out-of-character! LOL!
Biden is simply doing what most VP-elects and president-selects have done in the past.

Hillary hasn’t resigned her seat either. Maybe they are not confident their new offices will materialize.

Anyone in Biden’s position, with the potentially key legislation that recently came before the Senate would have done the same thing.
Obama is in a different position because he has to select members of his administration and Senatorial duties would have been too distracting.
But that’s not the vice president’s job except when the president is a “manufactured personality” and a figurehead for special interests. Then you get a behind the scenes handler like Cheney. As Robert Draper, author of the insider book “Dead Certain” said on the Charlie Rose show: “Bush is ‘the decider’, but Cheney provides the menu from which he decides.”

Duh! Because the days of the public service when officials voluntarily relinquishing power are long over and the days of self service are here to stay. People gripe about corporate CEOs and executives but the professional politicians are just as bad, if not worse.

creeper (11:25 AM); Hillary is definitely playing her cards close to the chest after the Clinton Foundation finally released it’s contributor list.

24/7 news media has too much space with too few stories. In the last decade they’ve bcom masters at making stories out of non-stories. Hey, how about another 1000 hours on that little Caylee girl? The funny thing is when folks in the ‘legitimate’ think they ‘better’ than Joe Sixpack’s blog.

This man cannot state a complete coherent sentence! What is it he is trying to say?

Rick, it’s necessary to parse every word politicians say because they are always lying.

It is still fascinating, after all this time, to see the Obama haters still at it. Still making mountains out of molehills, still being active “know-nothings”, still being sick, sick, sick.

He is a fool. It’s for personal gain ( or his son’s, like Caroline Kennedy) and nothing else, Why look for a straight answer in what he said? Obvious he’s been there for 40 Years? and he is change??We need a revolution to throw bumbs like him out of the government, he only has his own interest and the people are not a distant thought. Give me a straight answer from anyone in authority. They are as rare as the Virgin Mary! More bad examples for the younger generation. I’m the show, come watch me get more attention, self important, look at me work the system ( gov of Ill?) or I had an affair, with a man? thats not an affair thats being a queer. The Honorable Senator from the state…… BLAH BLAH BLAH , It ‘s all BULL.

He hasn’t resigned because he’s too much like Hillary, who didn’t bow out until the last possible second. Both of them are addicted to power.

Perhaps his senate seat hasn’t reached the Minimum Bid on eBay yet.

The intellectual dishonest and downright stupidity of the posted comments to this story is shocking. First, the votes of Biden, Clinton, and Salazar may be needed to pass important legislation in the three weeks between the start of the new session and inauguration day. Second, The electoral college voted on Dec. 9. Should something happen to Obama, Biden will be the next president. (Not-McPoopy Pants and Witless from Wasilla)
Third, all you right-wing Repubes need to take off your tin foil hats, take a break from Drudge,Hannity, and Limbaugh,
and save whatever brain cells you have left. As you told me in 2000, YOU LOST GET OVER IT!!!

George is not really a good interviewer.
Up to now we don’t know if Obama is baptized Christian or a closet Muslem.
Perhaps he should swear his oath on the Q’uran.
Biden is not really sure of being a sidekick for Obama. He might just quit as VP and keep his job as senator.

I recently learned from sources close to Mr. Biden — I mean, from friends with whom I attended college that now work in the capital and for Biden — that he is going to resign from the VP position some days before the Obama takes the oath of office. He is very hesitant about the whole Obama vision and team, and he feels more comfortable near his home and his children and his constituents.
I do not blame him; he would embark on a journey replete with challenges both global and domestic.

Wouldn’t Biden be conveying how important his state is to him if he declined the vice presidency and remained as senator? What a great idea (thanks, Carol)!!
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He doesn’t know if he has resigned????
What kind of answer is that?
Maybe,,,,, he really does not want to be Obama’s VP?

Think about it people. If he resigns, the paychecks stop coming. I doubt drawing unemployment would support his lifestyle.

I don’t know why anyone would consider StuffinEnvelopes to be a journalist. Remember the David Aldritch “Unlimited Access” book event? George went around threatening the Sunday TV shows with law suits if they put this guy on the air, even pulling out a stack of papers from his briefcase calling them “sworn affidavits” contradicting Aldritch’s claims in his book. That was enough to get at least one show to cancel Aldritch’s appearance.
Problem was (1) there were no affidavits, they were just papers that happened to be in his brief case, and no one double-checked his claim, and (2) the claims in Aldritch’s book were shown to be true.
So Georgie Porgie is a proven liar (and actually admitted to this in his own book). Why should we ever believe anything he says again?

BECAUSE BIDEN IS A F UC KI NG US E LESS PO S?

Can ANYONE stutter more than Joe and BHO? I don’t believe that these idiots have been voted into office, let alone the offices of Pres and V-Pres of our Great Nation! I have no idea what Joe’s real answer is, and NO ONE ELSE KNOWS EITHER!

Biden is stupid and a liar . . . reading his remarks in this interview is like listening to an eight year old who has been caught pleasuring himself and can only stutter and mutter. Note he said he had, erh, would, did, and so forth . . . That this ignoramus is VP is almost as bad as having Obama, the Magic Half-Black as President. I morn for America.

Plagiarist says it all.

Joe, your answer as to why you haven’t resigned your Senate seat make less sense than Palin’s foreign policy statement, which is none at all. Yuk! I’m sick of all politicians and that includes your boss, Yes-We-Can-Man.

I did not have sexual relations with that woman ..

He always blabs on and on and on and still you don’t know what the heck he is talking about.

are his answers the most tortured and painful that human ears can bare. what a gasbag. no, i mean, yes, but no, uhm. enough already.
he hasn’t an original thought in his head, unless it’s a phrase or sentence he lifted from someone else.
we’re in for it folks. this crowd has not even taken office and they are already under a cloud of scandal, from illinois to proncess caroline and what will clearly be a thefy of a senate seat in minnesota.
hey chris dodd, can you help me get a creamy mortgage with your buddy angelo moziilo from countrywide. hey barney frank and maxine waters…still think frank raines did a great job at fannie mae?
what a joke.

Uh, B. Bear — the electoral college voted on December 15th.
Richard, Dubuque — I think it must be.
Biden can barely form a coherent thought to answer a straightforward question.
What is it with these Democrats who preface their remarks with “I probably shouldn’t say this …” (Harry Reid when he said he could smell the visitors to the Capitol — you know, taxpayers) or “I shouldn’t acknowledge it” — Joe Biden on his frisson that Delaware keeps electing him for some reason.

George I have inauguration tickets
for sale 25k .Obama is not a natural born us citizen .Joe cant wait for this to be proven so he can take over.He has talked to the chief justice and the way is being paved for Joe to assume the oval office . email me George for the details .

This is all about who will replace his Senate seat. He wants his son to be put in position when the right time comes.

I hope you Change agents aren’t too disappointed with the idiot you have as one step away from the Presidency…
lol

Could it be that the economic conditions and the homeland securities conditions in this country are Far Far worse than the Gov’t is letting on? And perhaps we need an ” all hands on deck” with current knowledge and experience till the ” great anticipated Change” occurrs, incase something happens????

Just a thought… Wouldn’t it be fun to find out if our Rich, Greedy, Power Hungry Politicans Lost a bunch of money on WallStreet and with that other 50 billion dollar Fraud guy? His name starts with a “M”. I wonder how much they lost and really have now?????

To: Democrat All My Life, I thought so too, but Congress is planning on Paying out double for Obamas innaugration, and so it looks like they are going to ignore the Constitution and do what they want. I Used to be a Dem all my life but have now went Independant! I’m disquested with this Whole Entire Bunch of Crap!!!!

There is a possibility that the Supreme Court might hear Phil Berg’s Writ of Certiori on January 9, 2009 and declare Obama’s election as POTUS void for lacking eligibility.
Those who resigned their seats to take up cabinet positions will be out of jobs. Joe Bidens who hasn’t resigned keeps his job.
Obama might be arrested for running for the position of president when he know darned well he was not natural born citizen, a requirement of the constitution.

What is wrong with all the people on this web site, have you been asleep for the last eight years? Bush lied every time he opened his mouth, lied about weapons of mass destruction, lied about why we went to Iraq, lied about exposing one of our own CIA agents to the press, lied about firing Federal Attorneys for political reasons and on and on. His Administration gave tax cuts to the wealthy while his economic team got rid of every banking regulation so that wall street CEO’s could rob the middle class of all their pension and college fund money. Not only was the Bush/Cheney Administration corrupt – they are stupid and incompetent. Obama had nothing to do with the scandal in the Illinios Governor’s office – why would he. It is not like Blago was going to appoint a Republican. Obama didn’t care a rats butt who Blago appointed that is why all he was willing to give Blago was his appreciation and why Blago is under inditement and not anyone ont he Obama team. The Republicans are a bunch of losing, no idea, theives and it is time to throw them all out of office. January 20 the can’t come soon enough for the 80% of the Country who disaprove of George Bush and the Republicans in Congess. America voted you out – no go and don’t come back!

Sounds reasonable to me. What are all you pansies complaining about?

It’s surprising that there are still a lot of sour loser Republicans long after Obama had won the presidency. What would it take to convince you losers that someone smarter than Bush will be the next president of the United States?

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I’ve already — if I haven’t done it — to be honest with you, I think I’ve done it, but if I haven’t done it, I’ve signed a letter, will sign a letter saying notwithstanding the fact I’ll be sworn in the first day, I have no intention of staying up until the day that I am sworn in as vice president.
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Isn’t this guy having some problem with telling the truth ?

Where was Biden’s frilly pink collar with the matching leash? You should have given him a little pink food bowl with his name on it that read, “bow wow” for his interview. I guess grown democrats use nerf balls and foam rubber bats nowadays instead of real baseballs. Same old little baby questions. Tell us, does Biden sit up or fetch for you yet? It’s all a joke, because you go after blood when interviewing a republican.

Joe Biden’s refusal to vacate his senate
seat so far seems wise to me and so is
his deliberate lack of clarity on the
question of why. We should all be advised that Biden is no fool, as some would like to think. He has a high IQ and is basically very knowledgeable and politically smart. He knows the Obama will be in a world of trouble when and if the US Supremes rule Obama ineligible to be president on the natural born citizenship issue, and he knows how to double talk when he is not
ready to give a clear and cogent answer to the question of his resignation. What he doesn’t know now is what would be the consequence of Obama’s ineligibility. Would he (Biden)automatically become president elect after being selected by an ineligible president elect, would the decision be made by the democratic party, or would a new election be required?
His stance makes sense to me though I, like many others, on a personal level would like a straightforward response.

Wrong Question!
When will Biden be declared
Mentally Incompetent and step down
as Vice President?
Oh I forgot Obama and Biden haven’t
been sworn in yet!
You could never tell considering all
of the press conferences and
interviews these two have given since
election day!
We still only have one president and
one vice president at a time!
So how soon after the inauguration will
Biden be declared mentally incompetent
and forced to resign?