Word: palin
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...photos of Sarah Palin's rise to power...
...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 the nonstop attack politics of the modern era - have not disputed Biden's readiness to lead. But as the vice-presidential hopeful heads into Thursday's debate with Palin, his unflagging propensity...
...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...
...pronounced stutter, which took years of hard work to overcome. As a young superstar Senator - elected to the country's greatest debating forum at just 29 years old - he burnished his reputation with dramatic speeches about the struggles of working-class Americans. (Speeches that Palin herself alluded to earlier this week in an interview with CBS's Katie Couric, joking that she had heard them back when she was in grammar school...