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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
President Obama and Secretary Clinton: The Complete 60 Minutes Interview (VIDEO)
Part 1:
Part 2:
For all of you speculating what this means for 2016...do us all a favor, don't.
Look, it's pretty simple if you think about it. The President and Secretary Clinton went through a bruising Primary process that...ironically left the party stronger as a result, going into the 2008 elections. Neither wants things to get quite that nasty again, so the President is going to great lengths to make sure his top Lieutenants, the one's who might run in 2016, get some time in the sun, complete with a very public pat on the back.
Look at Vice President Biden: he cut the Debt Ceiling Deal (though only temporary), he led the commission on guns, he even dropped the hint on the President's position on Marriage Equality (albeit a bit too early). He made sure the world saw him as the "Happy warrior" running back and forth during the Inaugural Parade.
Dude's running. He's totally running.
And all of that time in the spotlight came courtesy of President Obama.
Now, to balance out the ledger, President Obama has to make sure that his other top Lieutenant got a Grade A going away gift, aka a Prime Time lovefest on 60 Minutes. Not a lot of policy discussed there, but right now...if you really look at it, now both Biden and Clinton can both claim the mantle of the inheritor of Barack Obama's legacy, with Barack Obama's blessing. Let the 2016 contest begin...
...but let it begin closer to 2015, okay? We've still got @#$% to do.
Part 2:
For all of you speculating what this means for 2016...do us all a favor, don't.
Look, it's pretty simple if you think about it. The President and Secretary Clinton went through a bruising Primary process that...ironically left the party stronger as a result, going into the 2008 elections. Neither wants things to get quite that nasty again, so the President is going to great lengths to make sure his top Lieutenants, the one's who might run in 2016, get some time in the sun, complete with a very public pat on the back.
Look at Vice President Biden: he cut the Debt Ceiling Deal (though only temporary), he led the commission on guns, he even dropped the hint on the President's position on Marriage Equality (albeit a bit too early). He made sure the world saw him as the "Happy warrior" running back and forth during the Inaugural Parade.
Dude's running. He's totally running.
And all of that time in the spotlight came courtesy of President Obama.
Now, to balance out the ledger, President Obama has to make sure that his other top Lieutenant got a Grade A going away gift, aka a Prime Time lovefest on 60 Minutes. Not a lot of policy discussed there, but right now...if you really look at it, now both Biden and Clinton can both claim the mantle of the inheritor of Barack Obama's legacy, with Barack Obama's blessing. Let the 2016 contest begin...
...but let it begin closer to 2015, okay? We've still got @#$% to do.
Friday, September 14, 2012
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Friday, April 13, 2012
The complete Ed Show interview with Vice President Joe Biden (VIDEO)
Intro:
Part 1:
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Friday, March 16, 2012
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Friday, September 30, 2011
Huffington Post. Still the scum of the Journalistic Earth...
Finally, since I figured out how to use screen capture, you get to see what I mean.
So I saw this this evening:
Don't worry, the actual story is just as bad.
Oddly enough, I was familiar with Biden story before seeing this headline. Familiar enough to know that Huffington Post's take (or at least the headline's take) was 100% bullshit.
If you wanna know what the Vice President actually said, you might have to go to an actual newspaper like the Washington Post:
Greg Sargent put it like this:
So Greg's right about Conservatives spinning the story this way...
...so why is Huffington Post doing the same thing?
So I saw this this evening:
Don't worry, the actual story is just as bad.
Oddly enough, I was familiar with Biden story before seeing this headline. Familiar enough to know that Huffington Post's take (or at least the headline's take) was 100% bullshit.
If you wanna know what the Vice President actually said, you might have to go to an actual newspaper like the Washington Post:
“Even though 50-some percent of the American people think the economy tanked because of the last administration, that’s not relevant,” said the vice president. “What’s relevant is we’re in charge.”...
Biden said it is “totally legitimate” for the 2012 presidential election to be “a referendum on Obama and Biden and the nature and state of the economy.” He said Americans will need to make a choice between what the Obama administration is offering to address the problem and what is being offered by the eventual Republican nominee.
Greg Sargent put it like this:
You can see why conservatives would jump on this — it gives them something to undercut the idea that Bush continues to deserve more of the blame for our current mess than Obama does. What Biden’s quotes really reflect, I think, is the tricky political spot the White House is in when it comes to the former President. White House advisers are aware that the public does still blame Bush more than Obama for our current predicament — this is confirmed in poll after poll, though that may be changing — but they also think voters probably don’t want to hear Obama telling them they should continue to blame Bush more than himself.
Conservatives constantly claim that Obama does try to fob off blame for the economy on to Bush, in order to dodge blame himself. But by and large, the real political argument Obama is making when he invokes the problems he inherited is one about the scale of the challenges we face, and how long they were in the making. It’s not finger pointing. It’s a plea for patience.
By the way, conservatives are right: Obama probably does “own” the economy in political terms right now. Indeed, it’s possible for the two following things to be simultaneously true: First, the public continues to blame Bush for originally tanking the economy; and second, this may be mostly irrelevant in 2012. The American people know Bush made an absolutely hideous mess of things. They hired Obama to clean up that hideous mess. They will judge Obama in 2012 on his progress towards completing that chore — whether the public will factor in GOP efforts to block Obama’s solutions remains to be seen — and will decide whether they think his GOP opponent would manage it any better. Obama will argue that his GOP foe plans to revive the ideas that tanked the economy under Bush in the first place. But that will ultimately be an argument over how to proceed in the future, not a relitigation of the past.
Bush broke it. Obama now owns it. Americans will judge his efforts to fix it — and will pick whichever candidate and party they think would best complete that job. Okay?
So Greg's right about Conservatives spinning the story this way...
...so why is Huffington Post doing the same thing?
Saturday, May 28, 2011
The Fireside Chat for May 28th, 2011 (VIDEO)
Substituting for the President is...let's see...a Joseph Biden of Delaware.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Saturday, December 4, 2010
The (substitute) Fireside chat for December 4th, 2010 (VIDEO)
With the President was away in Afghanistan, the Vice-President stepped in for him and gave the Weekly Address:
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Carl Bernstein: "There's no there--there." (VIDEO)
It's amazing how hard Carl Bernstein (yeah, that Carl Bernstein) is working to debunk the story about Hillary swapping jobs with Joe Biden. (Carl says it's a non-story puffed up by the chattering class and ex-Hillary supporters seeking a cure for boredom). It's just as amazing how hard Lawrence is working to keep it alive. It's all Carl can do from pounding his fist on the table and yelling out: "BULLS#$%!!!"
I also don't know about Lawrence's "theory", isolating the entirety of the vote in favor of Obama in its historical context kinda misses the point. (The War in Iraq and the Economy played much bigger roles than history.)
Theories work wonderfully in a vacuum. Lawrence's point is salient, assuming the country doesn't react with mass panic over the prospect of a Sarah Palin or a Newt Ginrich running for President. I have the feeling that once the country gets a load of them, it may not matter what the President does.
Also, Lawrence made a mistake in his interview with Joe Klein. President Obama did not start the Bank Bailout (aka TARP). Joe Klein said he did.
I also don't know about Lawrence's "theory", isolating the entirety of the vote in favor of Obama in its historical context kinda misses the point. (The War in Iraq and the Economy played much bigger roles than history.)
Theories work wonderfully in a vacuum. Lawrence's point is salient, assuming the country doesn't react with mass panic over the prospect of a Sarah Palin or a Newt Ginrich running for President. I have the feeling that once the country gets a load of them, it may not matter what the President does.
Also, Lawrence made a mistake in his interview with Joe Klein. President Obama did not start the Bank Bailout (aka TARP). Joe Klein said he did.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Lawrence O'Donnell's interview with Vice President Biden (VIDEO)
While part of me is sad that Lawrence isn't in town shopping a new scripted TV-series, he's in his element on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell. I liked what I saw so far.
My favorite MSNBC moment featuring Mr. O'Donnell came a couple of months ago when he was guest-hosting the Ed Show for Ed Schultz, and he laid it down on Lobbyists.
Simply put, yes Lobbyists can be cockroaches, but there are some areas where Lobbyists are useful. The good ones are the ones who tell you the benefits of supporting their position, and the costs. It may be too much Washington spin, but that's the way it used to work. "Hell, if you can't drink [the Lobbyists] booze, take [the Lobbyists] money and then vote against [the Lobbyists], you don't belong in this business."
We had a similar moment early on in the Last Word, when Lawrence was talking about the Senate's decision not to pursue the Obama Middle Class Tax Cuts until after the midterms. He said he saw it both ways, which struck me as fundamentally honest. He gets it that holding the vote after the midterms is dumb. At the same time, he understands how vulnerable some Senate Dems are (namely Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid).
In any case, his showpiece for his fist show was an interview with Vice-President Joe Biden, and it was illuminating in a couple of points:
And Part 2:
My favorite MSNBC moment featuring Mr. O'Donnell came a couple of months ago when he was guest-hosting the Ed Show for Ed Schultz, and he laid it down on Lobbyists.
Simply put, yes Lobbyists can be cockroaches, but there are some areas where Lobbyists are useful. The good ones are the ones who tell you the benefits of supporting their position, and the costs. It may be too much Washington spin, but that's the way it used to work. "Hell, if you can't drink [the Lobbyists] booze, take [the Lobbyists] money and then vote against [the Lobbyists], you don't belong in this business."
We had a similar moment early on in the Last Word, when Lawrence was talking about the Senate's decision not to pursue the Obama Middle Class Tax Cuts until after the midterms. He said he saw it both ways, which struck me as fundamentally honest. He gets it that holding the vote after the midterms is dumb. At the same time, he understands how vulnerable some Senate Dems are (namely Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid).
In any case, his showpiece for his fist show was an interview with Vice-President Joe Biden, and it was illuminating in a couple of points:
And Part 2:
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Rachel Maddow's Interview with the Vice President, Part 2 (VIDEO)
The complete video, including tonight's segment (if you want to watch uninterrupted), can be found here.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Biden: "Don't compare me to the Almighty, compare me to the alternative."
No, this is not ego on the Vice-President's part, it's an old quote from Boston Mayor, Kevin White.
This is from Rachel Maddow's complete interview with Vice President Joe Biden conducted earlier tonight. There will be more tomorrow, and I plan to post the rest of the video right here. (And so I have, see Part 4 below)
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4 (Segment from Sept. 16, 2010):
This is from Rachel Maddow's complete interview with Vice President Joe Biden conducted earlier tonight. There will be more tomorrow, and I plan to post the rest of the video right here. (And so I have, see Part 4 below)
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4 (Segment from Sept. 16, 2010):
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The GOP had a 95% chance of gaining the Delaware Seat, and then...
From Nate Silver, yesterday (talking about the Delaware race):
Sorry, a 95 percent chance with Mike Castle. Whoops.
The first race in Delaware, where Christine O’Donnell, a political activist and commentator, is running against Michael N. Castle, who has held elected office in Delaware for 30 years as its governor, lieutenant governor and lone United States representative. The contest originally appeared to be a mismatch. Republican strategists were thrilled to have a well-known and manifestly electable candidate like Mr. Castle, who announced his interest in running for the Senate last October. Ms. O’Donnell, meanwhile, was far from a fresh face, having been the Republican nominee for Senate in 2008, when she was badly defeated by Joseph R. Biden Jr., now, of course, the vice president. Ms. O’Donnell was also on the ballot for the Republican Senate primary in 2006, finishing in third place with barely more than 2,500 votes.
But then a strange thing happened. Joe Miller, who had the backing of Sarah Palin and the Tea Party Express, upended the incumbent Lisa Murkowski in the Republican Senate primary in Alaska. Although the outcome arguably should not have been such a surprise – a dearth of polling concealed whatever momentum Mr. Miller might have been gaining – it emboldened Tea Party activists and some other conservatives, who were reminded that in this topsy-turvy electoral cycle, few incumbents and establishment politicians are safe. Mr. Castle — a moderate who is unambiguously a member of the establishment – was next on their target list. And so Ms. O’Donnell, who already had the support of the Tea Party, last week received endorsements from Republican thought-leaders like Ms. Palin, the National Rifle Association and Senator James DeMint of South Carolina.
In contrast to Alaska, however, where Mr. Miller is the favorite to be elected unless Ms. Murkowski finds her way onto the ballot as a Libertarian or write-in candidate, Delaware is a blue state, and the electoral prospects of Mr. Castle and Ms. O’Donnell there are wildly divergent. Whereas Mr. Castle is nearly a 95 percent favorite against the Democratic nominee, Chris Coons, according to last week’s FiveThirtyEight forecasting model, Ms. O’Donnell would have just a 17 percent chance of winning a race against Mr. Coons.
Sorry, a 95 percent chance with Mike Castle. Whoops.
The GOP Circular Firing Squad (Delaware Edition)
The funny thing is that I remember Christine O'Donnell from her appearances on the old Bill Maher Show, Politically Incorrect. (And some operative out there should start mining YouTube for this stuff.)
I remember being amazed that she was fairly attractive yet a complete know-nothing all at once. Strange for back then, now in the Bachmann-Palin-Overdrive era...completely the norm for the GOP.
Well, very little of that has changed, except for the fact that she has beaten Mike Castle for the Republican Nomination for the Senate Seat formerly held by Vice President Biden, and his Chief of Staff Ted Kaufman.
Within an instant, this seat went from a safe Republican pick up, to a clear Democratic Hold.
Roughly, and I'll have better numbers (Nate's numbers) in just a little bit, but Rep. Castle's odds at winning election at 86%. Christine O'Donnell's odds? 17%.
In 2008, when the Vice-President was running for both Vice-President and his Senate seat, and everyone in Delaware knew it, Biden still crushed Mrs. O'Donnell 65-35.
So, please get ready to meet your new Democratic Senator from the great state of Delaware, Christopher Coons.
Still, let's not get too cocky. Please give to Mr. Coons' campaign, and give often. O'Donnell is nuts.
I remember being amazed that she was fairly attractive yet a complete know-nothing all at once. Strange for back then, now in the Bachmann-Palin-Overdrive era...completely the norm for the GOP.
Well, very little of that has changed, except for the fact that she has beaten Mike Castle for the Republican Nomination for the Senate Seat formerly held by Vice President Biden, and his Chief of Staff Ted Kaufman.
Within an instant, this seat went from a safe Republican pick up, to a clear Democratic Hold.
Roughly, and I'll have better numbers (Nate's numbers) in just a little bit, but Rep. Castle's odds at winning election at 86%. Christine O'Donnell's odds? 17%.
In 2008, when the Vice-President was running for both Vice-President and his Senate seat, and everyone in Delaware knew it, Biden still crushed Mrs. O'Donnell 65-35.
So, please get ready to meet your new Democratic Senator from the great state of Delaware, Christopher Coons.
Still, let's not get too cocky. Please give to Mr. Coons' campaign, and give often. O'Donnell is nuts.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Vice-President Biden's Appearance on Colbert Nation!
He even got the Vice-President to hand out hot-dogs (not in this clip):
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