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Biden's buzz kill
TigerHawk — As if this were not entirely predictable: More than three weeks into the transition, and Vice-president elect Joe Biden generates less buzz than the non-existent first puppy. The vice president-elect has not spoken publicly since the election, and was at Barack Obama's side just once this week as the president-elect delivered a series of grim news conferences on the economy. Every time I wonder whether Barack Obama can handle his transition any better, it turns out that he can! 1 Comments: They really should trot him out at some frequency, so that his insurance policy value ...

Biden Keeping Low Profile
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The once-prominent veep-elect has not spoken publicly since Election Day, and appeared with Obama just once this week. Plus: Jill Biden's ...

Yeah, sorry he’s not a big enough Tool for ya’
Firedoglake — Oh, Drudgico, must you always wank so hard? More than three weeks into the transition, and Vice-president elect Joe Biden generates less buzz than the non-existent first puppy. The vice president-elect has not spoken publicly since the ...

Isn’t This a Good Thing
Balloon Juice — I thought the big “downfall” to Biden was his big mouth: More than three weeks into the transition, and Vice-president elect Joe Biden generates less buzz than the non-existent first puppy. The vice president-elect has not spoken publicly since the election, and was at Barack Obama’s side just once this week as the president-elect delivered a series of grim news conferences on the economy. Obama instead appears to be at the center of his longtime Chicago circle. Good. I like Biden as a person, but ...

The Disappearing Vice President?
The Moderate Voice — This is a question posed by Politico’s Carol Lee today in, Bidentity Crisis: Where’s Joe? More than three weeks into the transition, and Vice-president elect Joe Biden generates less buzz than the non-existent first puppy. The vice president-elect has not spoken publicly since the election, and was at Barack Obama’s side just once this week as the president-elect delivered a series of grim news conferences on the economy. In terms of Obama’s cabinet appointments and the evolving roles of ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Oh, No, Joe!
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Over at Politico, Carol E. Lee notes the very, very low profile of Joe Biden so far in the presidential transition. My guess is that Biden had better get used to it. In the wake of the Russian invasion of Georgia, Obama realized that, for politics' sake, he needed at least one member of the ticket with foreign policy credentials, and didn't want Hillary Clinton. (Without the Russian invasion, he might well have picked Tim Kaine.) It seems that Obama genuinely likes Biden, but it would take a moron (and that, Obama definitely is not) not to realize that Biden is a one-man ...

Friday roundup: "We want to travel like President Bush's turkey" edition
Top of the Ticket — ...   Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, send their condolences to American victims in the Mumbai attacks. Steve Clemons, from the Washington Note, hypothesizes that Robert Gates agreed to stay on as secretary of Defense because he has serious plans for progress in the Middle East. Politico profiles Jill Biden and notes that her husband, Joe, sure has been quiet lately. Joe Lieberman does an about-face and says ...

Joe Who?
Blue Crab Boulevard — ... many Republicans than upholding their responsibilities to provide legislative oversight of the executive, experts say.” The paper says that when Reid was asked whether Biden will be allowed to attend Senate Democratic caucus meetings, Reid said: “Absolutely not.” Frankly, I’m surprised they quoted a Biden spokesman here. Biden has pretty much gone down the memory hole even before Obama is sworn in. He simply isn’t in the news or doing much of anything. As The Politico noted earlier Biden pretty well is gone from public : CHICAGO — More than three weeks into the transition, ...