Joe Biden for his VP?
And the Biden-as-president scenario is the nation’s nightmare.
Biden’s Performance
Good for the comedians, bad for the campaign.
I’ll be very interested to see what SNL does with it, if anything. It’s hard to see how they could resist.
Blue On Blue
The incipient war between the White House and the Clintons:
As of Friday afternoon, the White House, the State Department and the former president’s office did not return requests from The Daily Caller for comment on Klein’s reporting.
But as for the chance that Hillary Clinton would resign, Klein said in the interview: “At this moment, it appears unlikely that she’s going to do that. I mean that would be an extreme step for her to take.”
“Not only would it be hard to predict how it would play out as far as Hillary is concerned in the future, but it would certainly damage Obama’s chances for re-election if she resigned,” he said.
They say that like it would be a bad thing.
Posting Short Comments
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Columbus Day
I meant to post on this yesterday, whichToday is the real day, not the fake one the government made up to create a three-day weekend. Here’s an oldie but a goody on how we may be celebrating the wrong Italian.
Oops
How Biden screwed up:
Vice president Biden did precisely what he should not have done: Open up more questions and create more problems for the president. The next debate will consist in large part of President Obama debating his vice president on everything from taxes to Libya. Obama is once again on defense with 3½ weeks to go in the race.
He might have energized his incivil base with his rudeness and antics, but he planted a couple IEDs for the campaign that are likely to blow up.
And here’s what Ryan should have said:
I think Ryan was right not to let Biden bait him into losing his cool. Ryan certainly came across as the more appealing, serious, and decent politician. But he would have done himself and his ticket a great service if he had simply turned to Biden and said something like, “Mr. Vice President these are serious issues and serious disagreements about the future of our country. I don’t find them funny and, frankly, I find your behavior here tonight beneath the dignity of your office.” It would have gelded Biden, elicited spontaneous applause in the audience, and endured as the most memorable soundbite of the whole debate. And, it would have been true.
Yes, it was a missed opportunity.
[Update a few minutes later]
Why Dems loved Biden’s boorish behavior:
The problem here is not just that presidents and would-be commanders-in-chief must appear presidential. It is that the liberal base of the president’s party is so filled with anger and contempt for Republicans that they can’t abide even a show of civility from their champions.
Yes, and when they mewl and whine about “incivility” from the right, like most of their complaints (racism, hate mongering, lying), it’s pure projection.
The Drug War
Forty years of failure.
Syria
Things just keep getting better there:
A shadowy jihadi group believed to be linked to al-Qaeda fought alongside rebels who seized a government missile defense base in Syria on Friday, activists said, heightening fears that extremists are taking advantage of the chaos to acquire advanced weapons.
Goody.
What Women Thought
Biden was a jerk in the debate.
Resurrecting Dinosaurs
…is extremely unlikely.