Word: bidens
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...words of Robert Draper's classic GQ profile of the Delaware Senator: "Joe Biden Can't Shut...
...During the Veepstakes selection process, Obama and his advisers were well aware of Biden's Achilles' mouth, but they were equally aware of the Senator's strengths - his wisdom, his experience, his oratory gifts and his impressive life story. And if the primary prerequisite in a vice-presidential pick is finding someone unambiguously qualified to inherit the Oval Office, Obama made a judicious choice, especially in light of the competence questions that have continually dogged Biden's embattled Republican counterpart, Sarah Palin. Indeed, even the Republicans - who have hit their opponents on a wide range of issues, in keeping with...
...week, or sometimes just a few days, seems to go by without Biden committing a new, very memorable gaffe on the campaign trail. Since Obama selected him in late August, he has affronted Ohio voters with disapproving comments about building new coal plants; raised eyebrows by remarking how "attractive" Palin is; made a widely ridiculed remark about President Franklin Roosevelt addressing the nation on television during the 1929 stock market crash (Roosevelt, of course, was not President then, and TV didn't even exist); contradicted his own running mate on the wisdom of the government bailout of AIG; colorfully confronted...
...None of the screwups have been devastating, and none have made Biden the target that Palin has become - at least in part because Biden is already so notorious for misspeaking. But most have been the product of Biden's nearly inexplicable tendency to ramble into errors or indiscretions when giving a speech, answering reporters' questions or chatting with voters...
...Obama advisers remain bullish on Biden's assets. They point to the largely favorable local media coverage he has earned, his indispensable capacity to appeal to the white working-class voters not fully sold on Obama, and the reassurance his 3 1/2 decades of Washington experience has brought to a Democratic ticket headed by a first-term Senator. (Click here for Joe Biden's defining moments...