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Biden: 'No coal plants here in America'
Ben Smith's Blog — ... has some more context, and Jake Tapper reports that Obama this morning rebuked Biden on a separate issue, his quick opposition to a federal bailout. ...

The Gaffe Twins strike again
Michelle Malkin — ... Barack Obama’s trashing Joe Biden’s initial refusal to back the AIG bailout: He “should have waited.” Joe Biden’s changing the campaign’s position on clean coal: ...

Miscellaneous Monday Morning Thoughts*
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Don't get me wrong, I understand that race is a big issue in this country. But the whole thing seems to be a set up for Obama's losses — they are preparing the deck, inserting the race card, and ready to play. Joe Biden has always been my favorite Senate Democrat. It's nice to see him wander off the reservation regarding the attacks on McCain. Of course his running mate does say in the ad that he approves the message. Then there is Joe undermining an Obama talking point. And Obama himself has seemed to embrace playing up McCain's age ...

Biden vs. Obama...Again
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Obama also rebuked Biden's initial comments on AIG (in which he hastily opposed the AIG bail-out while Obama's statement carefully danced around a commitment on the issue). The Obama campaign later hit McCain for flip-flopping on the same subject. This from an interview with Matt Lauer this morning: ...

Is Joe Biden trying to sabotage Obama?
Roger L. Simon — ... I don’t know if it’s conscious or unconscious, but it sure seems that way.  First there’s the flip-flop on AIG, which seems to have caught his running mate’s attention,  and now there’s the ...

Biden gaffe-fest
PoliPundit.com — Biden gaffe-fest On Drudge now: OBAMA SCOLDS BIDEN ON AIG FLIP-FLOP: ‘JOE SHOULD HAVE WAITED’… BIDEN: OBAMA AD MOCKING MCCAIN ‘TERRIBLE’ Biden: ‘No coal plants here in America’… Tells Couric: ‘When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television’… Sounds like Biden could use a vacation in The Villages , America’s friendliest hometown. -- W.C. Varones Posted at 4:01 pm Link to this post | Comments (1)

The Obama-Biden Laugh Track Strategy
Pajamas Media — ... , Biden was praising the virtues of coal technologies to an audience of coal mine workers in Castlewood, VA just a few days ago. At least no one can accuse Obama-Biden of letting their act get old. But the Democratic duo keeps them coming faster than Abbott and Costello. Take for instance Barack Obama’s “who’s on first” gag with Matt Lauer during an interview that aired Tuesday morning. After criticizing John McCain for coming out against the AIG bailout last week, Lauer asked about his own vice presidential candidate taking the ...

Coordination Problems In The Obama Campaign
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Barack Obama attacks John McCain for having initially opposed the bailout and then having changed his mind. When it is pointed out to him that his own running mate, Joe Biden, did the same thing, Obama went ahead and threw Biden under the bus as well. ...