Read more Joe Biden stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/97/joe-biden.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:37:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74328/reid-optimistic-about-60-votes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarry Reid is “cautiously optimistic” about the success of his frantic attempts to unite the 60 votes of his caucus behind the Senate health care reform bill. “I think we’re together,” he says. But the majority leader was positively voluble about the bill itself, notes the Washington Post : “Of all...http://www.newser.com/story/74328/reid-optimistic-about-60-votes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 10:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74295/biden-yuks-it-up-with-stewart.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoe Biden discussed his transition to vice president, the economy, and Amtrak with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show last night. “The Republican Party has nothing but hardcore conservatives. There’s no moderates left. The Democratic Party has moderates, liberals, and conservative Democrats,” Biden said. “And Communists,” noted Stewart. Watch the...http://www.newser.com/story/74295/biden-yuks-it-up-with-stewart.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 8:30:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74261/en-route-to-daily-show-a-not-so-funny-incident.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree people were injured tonight when New York police clearing the way for Vice President Joe Biden’s appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart collided with a livery cab trying to skirt the stopped traffic. “They T-boned him,” a witness told the Post of the incident, which sent two...http://www.newser.com/story/74261/en-route-to-daily-show-a-not-so-funny-incident.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 20:00:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74167/palin-not-fit-for-presidency-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith a blockbuster memoir and national tour, Sarah Palin is again grabbing headlines. But does she have what it takes for a 2012 presidential bid? The answer is a resounding “no,” according a CNN and Opinion Research poll. Only 28% believe she’s qualified for the nation’s top job, and 70%...http://www.newser.com/story/74167/palin-not-fit-for-presidency-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 15:43:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73129/limbaugh-handpicked-hoffman-biden.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoe Biden took aim at a variety of GOP and conservative opponents today at a rally for New York congressional candidate Bill Owens. The VP said Conservative candidate Douglas Hoffman was “handpicked” by Rush Limbaugh, adding that Hoffman is in line with conservatives like Sarah Palin who “will not tolerate”...http://www.newser.com/story/73129/limbaugh-handpicked-hoffman-biden.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 14:55:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72762/is-biden-really-less-popular-than-cheney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe latest Gallup numbers look bad for Joe Biden. His approval rating has sunk to 42%, which seems to put him way below the 55% Al Gore averaged in his first year, and way, way below the 65% Cheney averaged in his. Say it ain’t so! “OK, it ain’t so,...http://www.newser.com/story/72762/is-biden-really-less-popular-than-cheney.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 13:47:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72691/city-focused-afghan-plan-winning-support.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA plan one official describes as "McChrystal for the city, Biden for the country," is emerging as the administration continues to hammer out its Afghan strategy. The plan would concentrate US forces in population centers, while maintaining pressure on insurgents elsewhere with drone strikes and targeted attacks from special forces....http://www.newser.com/story/72691/city-focused-afghan-plan-winning-support.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 6:36:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72469/obama-leans-to-modified-mcchrystal-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGen. Stanley McChrystal looks less and less likely to walk away empty handed, the Wall Street Journal predicts, as President Obama moves towards a "hybrid" strategy in Afghanistan that would combine troop increases with the special ops approach supported by the vice president. One scenario would see 10,000 to...http://www.newser.com/story/72469/obama-leans-to-modified-mcchrystal-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 Oct 2009 6:58:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72459/biden-on-cheneys-afghan-bluster-who-cares.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoe Biden’s in Europe, but his latest opinion of Dick Cheney’s continued attacks on President Obama isn’t getting lost in translation. Asked about Cheney’s criticism that Obama is “dithering” on Afghanistan, Biden replied: “Who cares?” Biden added that a review of the conflict late in the Bush administration was “irrelevant....http://www.newser.com/story/72459/biden-on-cheneys-afghan-bluster-who-cares.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 18:40:49 CDT