Biden: Interesting to Note Where Palin Stands on Issues

WASHINGTON — Democrat Joe Biden says he’s debated “an awful lot of tough, smart women” throughout his career and that next month’s vice presidential debate with Republican Sarah Palin will be no exception. But he’d like to know where she stands on issues. “She’s a smart, tough politician, so I think she’s going to be very formidable,” Biden told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. The Democratic senator from Delaware and the Republican governor of Alaska are scheduled to debate Oct. 2 at Washington University in St. Louis. Biden, serving his sixth term in Congress, said “there’s a lot of very tough, smart women in the United States Senate I debate every day.” So going up against the first-term governor, he said: “It’s not new.” He also mentioned his wife, Jill, who has a Ph.D. Asked whether he’d debate Palin differently than he would Republicans Mitt Romney or Tom Ridge, two ... (link)