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Nobody does it better, as Joe Biden shows when swearing in new members of the Senate.
Nobody does it better, as Joe Biden shows when swearing in new members of the Senate.
Was this best political convention of my lifetime? Almost certainly; not only was the roster of spectacular speakers unbelievably rich, bu whoever assembled the order respected the themes of the speech with a subtle and almost literary elegance. Invoking Ted Kennedy near the beginning of the proceedings Tuesday was a brilliant stroke. Summoning the ancients …
A writer named Daniel Halper at the conservative Weekly Standard, a publication that brooks no impediment in its reflexive rush to insult the administration, has reported on the publication’s blog that earlier this week, Vice President Joe Biden took the occasion of an official White House reception for the Irish Prime Minister Edna Kelly to …
Nobody will accuse Joe Biden of committing oratory, but nobody will accuse him of overstatement, either. When the Democrats in the House of Representatives passed a health care reform bill on Sunday, they did something that was thought to be impossible (after all, presidents since Teddy Roosevelt have sought to accomplish this); doomed by the …
The singlemost thing that impressed me about last night’s Biden-Palin debate was how fast they both talked. Both of them, and especially the slow-talkin’ westerner, ripped through their answers. Counting Gwen Ifill‘s questions, there were 17,083 words spoken in last night’s 90 minute debate; there were 16,146 spoken in last week’s presidential debate. These kids …