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submitted by eooties 19 months ago, from politico.com
The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden let it slip to Oprah Winfrey Monday that her husband had a pick of two jobs in the Obama administration. Jill Biden said President-elect Barack Obama gave Biden the choice of being secretary of state or vice president. The vice president-elect tried to... More
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submitted by chiasma 20 months ago, from edition.cnn.com
Before he accepted Barack Obama's offer to join his presidential ticket, Joe Biden got a promise from Obama: that he would be there for "every critical decision," Biden said in an interview broadcast Sunday. Speaking to ABC's "This Week," Biden said he believes the vice president's role is to... More
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submitted by eooties 22 months ago, from nytimes.com
Fifteen days before the election, serious gaps remain in the public’s knowledge about the health of the presidential and vice-presidential nominees. The limited information provided by the candidates is a striking departure from recent campaigns, in which many candidates and their doctors were... More
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submitted by agabriel 22 months ago, from ap.google.com
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden accused Republicans of employing "scurrilous" campaign tactics and urged supporters not to be distracted from the economic issues affecting their lives. Biden pointed to automated phone calls sent to voters in key swing states by Republican John... More
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submitted by chiasma 23 months ago, from news.yahoo.com
Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden sparred over taxes, energy policy and the Iraq war in a high-profile debate in which Palin sought to reclaim her identity as a feisty reformer and Biden tried to undercut the maverick image of GOP presidential hopeful John McCain. More
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submitted by blueheat 23 months ago, from nydailynews.com
Sarah Palin skated through a relatively gaffe-free debate Thursday night by using a veteran pol's technique: If you don't like the question, ignore it. Whenever she faced a subject that could put her on unstable ground, she did a quick pivot and went with what she knew or a well-rehearsed talking... More
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submitted by bafficio 23 months ago, from latimes.com
Focused sharply on the middle class, Sarah Palin and Joe Biden fought over taxes, military strategy and which party could better rebuild America in a vice presidential debate Thursday that served as the nation's first extended look at the little-known Alaska governor who vaulted weeks ago onto the.. More
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submitted by grandie4 23 months ago, from nytimes.com
When Gov. Sarah Palin meets Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Thursday in the vice-presidential debate, even her fellow Alaskans might hear for the first time some of her views on health care reform, education policy and other issues of state government. More
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submitted by grandie4 23 months ago, from baltimoresun.com
On the eve of the vice-presidential debate, a new poll shows that most Americans regard Sarah Palin as unqualified to take over as president should it become necessary. The finding is a sharp reversal from earlier polling that showed she was considered qualified, and points to the heightened... More
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submitted by eooties 23 months ago, from amconmag.com
The McCain campaign has held a mock debate and a mock press conference with Palin; both are being described as “disastrous.” One senior McCain aide was quoted as saying, “What are we going to do?” The McCain people want to move this first debate to some later, undetermined date, possibly never. More
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submitted by trippie48 23 months ago, from politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com
McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2.. More
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submitted by eooties 23 months ago, from nytimes.com
As the economy reels, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. — the Other Running Mate — has been absolutely butchering Senator John McCain across the Rust Belt this week. It is not clear who has noticed. More
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submitted by riverdrops 23 months ago, from news.yahoo.com
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday it took a financial crisis on Wall Street for Republican candidate John McCain to realize the U.S. economy is in trouble. "Where was he a week ago, a month ago?" Biden asked as he campaigned in suburban Toledo at the beginning of a... More
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submitted by agabriel 24 months ago, from voices.washingtonpost.com
Sen. Joseph Biden released ten years of his tax returns this morning, putting on display the earnings that have made him one of the less wealthy members of the U.S. Senate, and putting fresh pressure on his Republican counterpart to release her tax records. More
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submitted by chiasma 24 months ago, from blogs.abcnews.com
Joe Biden promised that an Obama-Biden administration would look over Bush administration data with a fine-toothed comb and pursue criminal charges if necessary. More
