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Biden: Does He Know Something We Don't Know?
The Washington Note —
(Senator Joe Biden and the masked Senator Chuck Hagel Make Policy Work Fun on Halloween, October 2007)
This strange little piece just popped up at ABC:
ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf and Jennifer Parker reports: As Delaware Sen. Joe Biden was leaving his house in Wilmington this afternoon, he slowed down and said to the gathered news reporters outside his home: "Hey guys, I'm not the guy. See ya."
I don't think Biden knows any more than the rest of America knows on who will be the next VP. As I suspect ...
Bonus Quote of the Day
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
"I'm not the guy."
-- Sen. Joe Biden, quoted by ABC News, to reporters camped outside his home.
Biden’s “Not the Guy”–Unless He Is…
Firedoglake —
... As he pulled out of the driveway in the driver's seat of his car he then said to the press gathered near his gate, "You guys have better things to do. I'm not the guy. [NBC][Video] ...
Biden Source Downplays VP Denial
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
How big a deal is today's veepstakes comment from Sen. Joe Biden that "I'm not the guy"?
A figure familiar with Biden's thinking says the remark is hardly consequential.
"That is a comment that he typically gives for people who ask about [the vice presidency]," the source told the Huffington Post. In effect, the source added, this has been the Senator's stock answer to the question for weeks now -- implying that the Tuesday afternoon frenzy that accompanied ABC's new item was overblown.
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VP Rumor Roundup
Stop The ACLU —
... That would be a nightmare! Others say the whole pro-choice polling is a head fake. FOX says he got the message that a pro-choice VP wouldn’t be so bright. If so, Tim Pawlenty has never looked better. Then there is some wishful thinking that it could be Sarah Palin. I’ll keep my fingers crossed, but won’t get my hopes up. Or…who is Meg Whitman? Meanwhile, in the Obama camp Biden is getting a lot of buzz. However, Biden says he isn’t the guy! For what its worth, Nader is predicting Obama will pick ...
ABC Says Biden Backtracking on Denial
TalkLeft —
ABC says Biden backtracked a little on his denial that he is Obama's Veep pick. My response: And a shout-out to Jerome at MyDD. It's also looking less likely Hillary or Kathleen Sebelius will be the choide. ABC News says Obama's been using the "he" pronoun today rather than his customary "he or she." I still say it's more likely Kaine than Biden.
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Biden says he's not the guy
Daily Kos —
Via MyDD, Biden announces it himself: Hey guys, I'm not the guy. See ya. He and Richardson can now fight over secretary of state. So who's left? Assuming slotted speakers at the DNC are not the Veep, then Kaine is out. He's speaking Thursday night before Gore and Obama. Kerry is speaking Wednesday. Who's that leave? Daschle, Sebelius, and "dark horse". Of course, slotted speakers can always be rescheduled...
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Veepstakes: Biden denial
The Reaction —
... But will it be Biden? Not according to Biden himself: "Hey guys," he told reporters today, "I'm not the guy. See ya." Of course, such pre-announcement denials are predictable. Maybe he already knows he's not the one, but maybe he's "heard nothing," as ...
Obama VP: Let's Puzzle This Out...
Open Left - Front Page —
... text, on Friday evening, followed by a Saturday rally in Springfield, Illinois. 2. We hear that Tim Kaine will be speaking at the convention on Thursday, same day as Gore. 3. Joe Biden tells reporters, "I'm not the guy." 4. Ambinder, one of the reporters we got number 1 above from, says his sources "got skittish" about his report and now won't say whether the Saturday event will be the "unveiling" or whether it could occur earlier. 5. Biden backs off, somewhat, from his earlier denial by saying "I have not spoken to anyone" in ...
Veep Madness
The Democratic Daily —
Everyone is buzzing about Obama’s pending announcement… Who will it be?
Biden the clear frontrunner for Veep
Biden on Obama’s VP Pick: ‘I’m Not The Guy’
Your VP, Senator. What Will “He” Be Like?
Speculation… Barack Obama chooses Kathleen Sebelius for Vice President
Nader predicts Obama to pick Clinton
“Caroline: Pull a Cheney!” An Open Letter to Caroline Kennedy (head of the Obama VP search team) from Michael Moore ...
And Obama's VP Is . . .
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... been cut in half, and most polls show McCain and Obama in a dead heat. Major Obamabot David Gergen is stressing on CNN about Obama's apparent inability to fight like Hillary Clinton. Gergen, who rarely had a kind word for Hillary during the primary, now thinks "Hillary Clinton looks better and better," because "He definitely needs a fighter by his side." But most continue to predict that Obama will go for the traditional boring white male. Probably Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, or Tim Kaine. Kathleen Sebelius is still on the ...
Biden denies VP speculation, while Team McCain eyes Lieberman
Political Animal —
Given that there’s very little actual news when it comes to the presidential candidates’ running mates, it seems almost silly to examine (and overly interpret) what little news there is to glean. And yet, the political world wants to talk about little else, so we might as well go over what we’ve got.
Late yesterday, for example, Joe Biden surprised almost everyone when he suggested he wouldn’t be Barack Obama’s pick.
As Delaware Sen. Joe Biden was leaving his house in Wilmington this afternoon, he slowed down and said ...
He forgot the one about her posing with an air rifle in a Stars and Stripes bikini
Jim Treacher's Blog That Is on the Internet —
... even have a passport until last year , The fact that she billed her taxpayers to stay in her own house , the fact that she tried to ban books from the library , the fact that she's under investigation for firing someone because he refused to fire her brother in law , that she didn't know what the Bush doctrine was , that she sold the state jet at a loss , that she billed the citizens of Wassilla 50k to renovate her office , that she admitted on television that she didn't even know what the VP does every day , that she ...
