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Now we now why things are the mess they are - Biden is Obama's "important consultant and confidante."

Thin is in: I find it funny how you call democrats stupid when you can't even type out a grammatically correct sentence. Your logic is just as ignorant as your grasp of English.

Prediction!!!!!

Joe Biden will not be on the ticket in 2012. He has an over valued opinion of himself. He will be replaced by Hillary Clinton.

Joe is a laughing joke to the White House... just adds more to how stupid the American people has come...

"So he consults with more experienced politicians before making decisions..."

Yes, which is what intelligent people do ... unlike" the decider" who talked to God before invading Iraq ... no record of what God told him.

Notice the anti-President Obama cadre are so limited in their ability that all they do is parrot words and ideas they heard from rush? Tired old phrases that convince no one...

Hate to tell you Dave, but your pain and suffering is going to go on much longer than just 3 1/2 years....much longer.

"I think he respects my opinion," – he doesn't sound exactly sure about that. That is like saying, "I think Obama respects the Constitution."

Iwill not trust to obama and vice presdient that im belived that obama barack have problems things so he will not great
His presdient thanks you

I guarantee Palin would never had been consulted about anything!!!

Champly, I'm a producer and an Obama supporter. Kind of blows your ignorant theory of lumping everyone you hate together, doesn't it? Typical. May I suggest you lump us all together as Americans who have much to lose if we don't start caring for each other.

Biden the best of minds, please. It doesn't make me feel any safer or confident in our White House. Neither has the experience/exposure to the relavent committees while in Senate and will be dangerous to this country at a very vulnerable time. God help us and may the next president be able to undo the damage these 4 years will create.

I would ask Joe Biden too for his opinion because I sure could use a laugh once in a while. This guy is almost as bad as Dan Quayle!

Is that really such a good thing? Obama campaigned during the primaries on making a break with the 'old' democrats and their regressive ideas. Instead, we got Obama who kisses up to old democrats, compromises all his promises away, and is lead around by Nancy Pelosi,. Ted Kennedy, and Harry Reid! He's not a leader!

Biden must think that he is so important and that Obama cannot do anything without his input. I think that Biden will do and say whatever Obama wants him to say!

Both he and Obama are taken us way deeper into debt and it looks that there is no way back.

They are like "Mutt and Jeff"!

Is there a single republican who isn't a bible thumper?
Fear, God, and Fox news seem to go hand in hand. After they throw out the word socialist, you always see something about God. It's hilarious.. Keep watching Hannity and O'reilly, your not being braid-washed by fear at all . The fact is, BUSH and friends created the defecit and screwed the economy, Obama is stuck with it and has to fix it. So, stop blaming Obama for the economy. And yes, he is spending but he's also investing. And Joe Biden obviously has a brain, read his biography.. the man is highly accomplished and has tons of experience, grab a clue republicans.

I feel the president's biggest problem is he is way ahead of his time.. And people cannot deal with that... I think his health care proposals are brilliant.. And I worked in health care for 30 yrs....It needs TIME to reverse....I do not agree with government control though either.. But I understand this to be a temporary thing.....In a lot of his decisions..Homeland Security surely hit the nail on the head...There seems to be a tremendous "undertow" also coming from Fox news.. What is this Fox Nation.com? Now That's scary! I feel we can as a country can not get any work done with things like that being pushed....

So, you right wingers who hate Biden: you preferred the war criminal?

Can we just quit the anger bit? It's getting REALLY old. If you don't like a decision the President makes or is thinking of making, get in touch with your elected officials and let them know what you think and give them any ideas you have. Quit waiting for them to come up with something if you don't like what's offered. This is America – start acting like it.

A picture tells a thousand words. The commander in chief looks likes an astute, well fed, fully-mained lion while Biden looks like an agry buffalo in heat. Both are to be revered.

Just think. In about 3 1/2 years we can vote out Joe and his boss too!

Da Bird–Your taxes haven't gone up one cent because of this administration. You are swallowing the talk radio kool aid. Don't you know that can kill you?

I have no respect for Biden, after the weasly, cowardly, and vicious way he acted during the Clarence Thomas hearings. I hope Obama pays little attention to that jerk.

Tim, read carefully, all the stimulus money has not been used. The first STIMULUS signed under Bush was still being spent when Obama took over. ALL of the stimulus spending WAS NOT iniated by the Obama administration. Part of being in the party of old white men is the lost of memory or in your case selective memory. There is enough blame to go around. Obama is trying to find solutions why the repugs are trying to cast stones at glass houses.

This is good news for there is no "I" in TEAMWORK. These men are doing the best they can to save our country. I hope they can turn things around soon.

Dear Mr. Vice President,
Please keep making public comments.
Please keep making appearances on talk shows.
Please keep opening your mouth in public.
I enjoy watching late night talk shows and they need comic material.
I like laughing at all politicians – at my tax paying expense.

I've been following politics a lot of years and never have I seen such hate on both sides. But the biggest hate comes from the Right. The only ones left on the Republican side are extremists. That is why you still see "Republican support" being so high for the likes of Palin, Limbaugh, Colter, and Newt. There's nothing good this administration can do, so it's pointless to argue with them.

Today's GOP is so marginalized, so unimportant to most of the country, that 9 out of 10 comments can be dismissed as fear mongering drivel. Ignore it, people.

- A former registered Republican

@Thin is in... Your recent comment about Obama never working a day in his life, correction.... He taught Constitutional Law, he worked going through Columbia and Harvard University... Unlike the other Presidents, he is using his own money to redecorate the Oval Office... Ooops I know another President who done that, JFK did that also. He did not even take the money that the Government pays the Presidents, wow, and he was assinssated in Dallas TX,
I don't know if you were around for that, but I DON'T WANT THAT AGAIN, nor live through that... some of your comments on these blogs are dangerously close to something that is not pretty or right. A bunch of hatefilled bigots... .

Dave,
"Obama is not a Socialist, he is a Communist and Biden is a fool. This country is in grave danger from these third world people. I want my America back and in 3 and a half years I will get it. This is a one term team."

Do you really know what Communism is????? Why don't you go back to school and study prior to posting your comments???

disillusion you but VP's are to be seen and not heard--

This team is the 1 – 2 team people "Team". The GOP's are not "Team", put "I"! Obama/Biden is my vote 2012!

Nobody cares.

Nothing-so there's really no need for Obama to include you on anything--and he doesn't--

Joe-VP's are irrelevant--live with it.

Its always a hoot to hear the kool-aid junkies whine about Cheney. They generally have nothing but name-calling and crying about Halliburton.

Drink deeply Dums...

It's nice to see a president who consults with his vice president, instead of a president who takes orders from the vice president.

What a great team in this entire administration! Intelligence, strength, direction, pragmatism, etc...

God bless the USA!

The reason The One has followed through on consulting Biden is so that Biden doesn't go out and in an off-the-cuff manner publicly state that The One hasn't consulted with him. Plugs Biden is Gaffe-tastic.

Bravo...it sounds like everyone knows their role ...this is great.

Obama/Biden 2012

@ Cali. I need to correct you on two things about LBJ, Vietnam started right directly after Korean War, it was the French who were there and when they could not handle it, they called the United States, BEFORE LBJ, but the war did not escalate until 1965 Welfare system was the brain child of FDR who introduced Social Security. It was to help the people to have money during the Great Depression. My mother was born eight months before the stock market crash.

Kind of like the way he is asking for bi-partisan views. In one big ear and out the other.., which of course is a good thing well dealing with his historically doofus VP.

June 14th, 2009 1:18 pm ET

That is one of the most stupid statements I have ever read!

Do you produce anything – other than the stark realization that the failed public education system that produced the likes of you requires an overhaul?

Great Job Joe!! He actually understand what it means to be Vice President, and is not trying to be the President.

All I ask is that all of Biden's foot in mouth moments be monumental ones. Purely for entertainment purposes.

Thanks in advance.

Biden the blowhard. Two term Limits for Congress would help this and many other issues of egos on both sides.

How funny it is to see everyone getting so upset with what a person writes....isn't it nice to be able to do it....it's called freedom in the United States. Some countries can't even do this.

Count your blessing that we live in a place where we can.

And thank your service men and women that fight daily for your freedom!

Biden,like obama, is nothing but a poor excuse for a human.
Both these liars need to be kicked out of office.

this country is suffering from senility.......8 years of BUSH & CHENEY screwed this country over not the new PRESIDENT. we all have one commen goal and that is to take care of health & family and that is why we voted for CHANGE that is happening slowly but surely.

Yes, Biden used to "react to nominees to the Supreme Court" – loudly, sarcastically, inappropriately, and unprofessionally, absolutely reveling in that position of asymmetric power that a hearing affords to those on the inquisitors' side of the table.

The photograph that accompanies this article is classic! Biden is speaking, and the president appears to be wincing in pain. That's how I feel about Biden, too.

Harley is correct. To the Enlightened Voter, we are on the way to dictatorship. We did not have a dictatorship for the last eight years. Also, I'm getting really tired of libs telling Repubs to accept the fact that Obama is president and get over it. All I heard from Dems from 2000 to 2004 was how my side "stole the election". All I heard from Dems from 2004 to 2008 is "we were swiftboated, was swiftboated". It looks like the Dems have a hard time accepting things and moving on. We Repubs will live to fight another day and will defeat Odumba the next time. I am sure that the United States will make it through Jimmy Carter's second term. Don't let them get you down Harley.

Father Coughlin, very well said. I've also had the opportunity to live and work in other countries, as well as teach many Muslim students. I strongly agree that we have far more to fear from within than without. The Bush administration during the past 8 years, and in particular Cheney now, in my opinion continues to increase the threat of outside terrorism from without, and "news" outlets such as Fox, Rush, Hannity, etc. continue to threaten us from within. In my opinion, they are far more dangerous in the long run.

On topic for this discussion, not a discussion hijacked by the Rovian ideologues who have been displaced from power for a reason:

Yes, this is a President that actually listens to people, beginning with his Vice President.

What a change from the last Administration. Cheney was making all the decisions without consulting George W. Bush.

OMG! How scary is this!!

Did he consult Biden on the Swine Flu? Methinks they were not on the same page or Biden would not have been made to ride the rails with a dunce cap on.

These two men are amazing. I wake up every morning feeling blessed having their intelligence, calmness, savvy, intellect, compassion and steady hands leading this Nation. Love them both and thank them daily.

So much hatred from the right. To think that as a former moderate republican i shared a failed party with these people.

Consider that even on the worst of days biden is an upgrade to the dimbulb thinking of Dick Cheney..

Joe the Troll – the reason we get little done in this country is because some people are so frightened of life that they must resort to mis-characterizing other people and their thoughts and words. You mis-characterized mine.

I was ashamed of the whole lot that came before this administration.

Ely:
Bush already proved that !!!

Sure he asks his opinion, then he does not listen to him. Remember when he chose him as his VP mate and everyone said what a great choice as his first decsion as Presidential candidate it will show what his administration will be like? My bet he is not on the ticket in '12.
The guy is an emabarassment

The only advise he receives from Obama is to keep his big trap shut. Biden has stuck his foot in his mouth so many times it out numbers the deficit numbers the good old USA is in now from all that reckless spending that the liberals run through congress without even reading the legislation. It is also time that the liberals come up with another
excuse when they put "foot-in-mouth" than the common phrase "we/he/she misspoke" It is getting old from all the mistakes they try to spin..........

what a jerk, just like he said the secretary of state position was for him, get a lfe, you'll never amount to anything, obama's humbleness might cost him a little bit.

I'm in favor of anyone or anything that Rush and Fox News dislikes.

Biden is one of the most insecure vice presidents we have ever had.
He is constantly trying to make people believe how much he is in control of things. He continually talks out of place and as for me, I am ashamed of him and I believe if Obama was honest, Biden is a pain in his side.

Champty – ever have a thought that Rush didn't hand you? If you truly believe that no one who voted for Obama has a job, then you are sorely detached from reality. The fact that so many people push their idiotic prejudices off as genuine political talk is one of the reasons why things get done in this country only very slowly.

Biden,

Please consult Obama on following through with what he said he would do regarding the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Our military sure could use the gay men and women who could not stand being out of integrity within their personal lives and careers by keeping quiet.

Thank you.

Biden gives this nation hope that even the smallest of minds can rise to great heights.

spongebob – the issues here are not really party issues, they are issues between the producers and the consumers. Those of us who produce would like to keep much of what we produce. And we don't want the Federals controlling every phase of our life. The consumers here are wanting other people to pay for their food, clothing, healthcare, autos, entertainment, etc. That is the riff. That is the divide.

Obamists are the consumers. Those who oppose Obamism are the producers. Now that the consumers apparenlty outnumber the producers the economy and society collapses, as it is now doing.

CNN commenters know best!

Sarcasm, now... Don't kill the messenger..

Why do all of you Dems blame Rush and others like him for how conservatives think? And the same way you find fault with FOX News, you should also find fault with CNN & MSNBC and the MSM. The double standard you folks put forth is incredible.
To Father Coughlin: You left out the two worst Presidents of all.
Jimmy Carter and Lyndon Johnson. The creator of welfare and the Vietnam ar (who later quit in the middle of it), and the Peanut farmer who stood by while the economy went further south than today, and let our people be hostages for 444 days. Please when telling stories of old, be sure to tell the whole story.

There are people called punits ( TV commentators) that our president ... NO DRAMA OBAMA ... is driving nuts.

They live to stir up trouble, seek out dissent, try to feret out information leaks, get comments from "back-stabbers". Sorry guys ... not on this team ... we are too professional and have too much respect for one another. Besides, the boss don't like to hear a whole bunch of static.

I know that there are some people in America that don't know how to deal with a man that has all of his game together and is constantly looking for some failing in him. President Obama is restoring dignity and the expectation of functionality (instead of dysfunction) to the White House.

The latest in a long line of lies by the fraud in chief.

This never worked a day in his life fraud LIED to get elected and is changing his tune on what he said to get ELECTED and some smart Democrats are starting to call him in on it.

The rest of the Dimocrats are sheep and will always be stupid, moronic, Keith Olbermann watching sheep.

Maybe you nitwits will start taking notice when your money starts missing from your checks, the Obama sheep that work of course, which are not many.

Obama says "we live in the greatest Country in the world, help me fix it"???????????????????

Chipster – I can see by your post you were educated in a public school. To gain knowledge one must read everything one can put their hands on and not be limited by what you are told to read by a government teacher. If you had educated yourself, read a little history, and looked about the world you would not have given your soul to Barry Obama.

Amen SpongeBob...

Biden may be a gaffe machine, but he seems like an honest person, who is dedicated to his family, just like President Obama. I am baffled when it's suggested that the President needed someone to get the "white" vote. His first win in the primaries was Iowa, which is 94.4% white according to the US Census Bureau!

Harley June 14th, 2009 11:28 am ET
They are one of the same far left !!!! They are also SOCIALIST that is why they will be ONE term !!! THANK GOD
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You sound like you don't even really comprehend what Socialism is. More so, you sound like one who would otherwise benefit from some 'socialist' programs; i.e. education grants so you can better yourself intellectually, because spewing one -liners with ‘big words’ doesn’t fool anyone. Have you ever travelled? Do you have a passport? You’ve probably never left the highway exit of your trailer park.

Harley, the GOP doesn't care about poor white trash. They just want your vote before they'll flush you down the sewer. 'Country First' doesn't include you. Don't you get that?

Obama is not a Socialist, he is a Communist and Biden is a fool. This country is in grave danger from these third world people. I want my America back and in 3 and a half years I will get it. This is a one term team.

Tim said: "Biden appears on "Meet The Press" and says that the Stimulus bill did not help the economy. In fact, the economy got worse since the stimulus bill. Biden response to this was "everyone guessed wrong."
Everyone guessed wrong? I think Biden meant everyone in his administration guessed wrong. Now the country is in an extra 600Billion dollar deficit and the economy is worse off.
All of you who supported the stimulus bill with all your might…here are the results. This country is just starting to see the effects of a useless administration. You reap what you sow."

Yes - I see all the devastating effects - jobless claims actually starting to drop, the DOW higher than it's been since...ahem...Limbaugh's party was in power, housing starting to bottom out...banks actually BEGGING to please give BILLIONS BACK so they don't have to be controlled like any good Venture Capitalist who invests in any company does...

It's awful.

Oh - and the growing respect around the world and return to honesty from our government.

They're all so AWFUL.

Get over it. YOU LOST. YOUR PARTY screwed the nation and lost millions of voters and now, for once, you are the minority.

Get used to it or get lost.

So he consults with more experienced politicians before making decisions.

Good, I would expect no less from a single term senator who has been thrown in over his head.

Joe Biden is doing a great job.I see the rightwing extremists and paid street teamers are working today.Its the same two or three people,using a number of names, spewing the same venom they use everyday of the week.I laugh at them now.

Somehow I sense a great division among parties on this post and less concern with the country's real issues we are facing as a nation together.
Fact: Admit it, both parties have done well, both parties have made mistakes. Let's educate ourselves and rise above our division we owe that much to our country. Be led by no one, education empowers us not parties.

Obviously, like skeptics anywhere else, in politics, they view everyone, including the Prez. and Veep, with satellite eyes with magnifyin' lenses. BHO and JB may have to do a lot more covincin' in order to draw trustin', rather than adorin' , and sycophantic crowds towards themselves, so they can do their jobs with some semblance of sanity, sensibility, and, last but not least, with credibility.

No Carlos, it is you who is the buffoon and I'll let others join me in the obvious conclusion about who's the idiot.

This is as it should be. Those who comment that the GOP and others who cry "socialism" haven't a clue about what the true definition of the term is are on target. Seas of red ink under GOP administrations were justified as "trickle down" economics. What that means is the top five percent got most of the benefits and the rest of us got "trickle down" like a puppy relieving itself on our legs.

I've been fortunate enough to see more than a score of countries been inside a couple Mosques, Synagogues and what have you. I do not have nearly as much fear of our way of life being destroyed from the outside as from the inside. Go back through our history and it's obvious the biggest threat has come from the right. From "Know Nothings" to the "KKK", "McCarthyism", "Watergate", "Iran Contra" and the ultimate big lie of "WMD's" in Iraq, it's not a pretty picture. However, if you're Rupert Murdoch, you've got to be pleased that if ignorance is indeed bliss, then we have enough happy people in this country to make the Fox Network extremely profitable even if it's only "fair and balanced" to the right wing.

Joe Biden's' not perfect, but he's one large improvement over the last fellow who hung out in the basement and then started spouting only after his term ended.

No one is going to wake up until they start taking the money out of their pay and then all h!! will break loose.

The only reason this buffoon was picked was to pull the white vote and that is the only reason this guy is a idiot.

Weather you like Biden or Not he is one of the most experienced people in washington and one who know the surounding of basicaly every problems we face in this country. Despite his gaffs of speaking too much what is in his mind which is not politicaly correct I am glad he is the closest person to the President.
I will take hin 1 million time over the EVIL CHENEY. i am glad we did not end up in the 3rd World War with Him and Bush in office. Thank Goodness.

yeh yeh yeh! Just one big power sharing lovefest!

To Harley and everyone else you hasn't bothered to crack a dictionary:

Socialism advocates collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods; where there's no private property; where the means of production are owned and controlled by the state; where there is unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.

President Obama has never proposed this. If this is how you’re interpreting his policies, then you are probably letting Rush Limbaugh and the folks at Fox News do your thinking for you. Don’t forget, those are the folks who want our country to fail, to further their own political agenda (which, by the way, doesn’t include you, unless you’re on of the wealthy elite).

I am as concerned about the fiscal situation as any other american but what drives me nutters is that fact that while Cheney was in power, deficits didn't matter (per his own statements) and GOP'ers agreed. Now that Obama is in charge, the deficits are our worst enemies. Do I need to remind you that by far the biggest part of the deficit was inherited from the Cheney administration and not created by the Obama administration??

And for those of you who believes the US is on the path towards socialism – you have no f'ing clue. Most of you have barely been across the borders to the state next door, so open your horizons, travel and live abroad and then come back and tell me you know what socialism is. Go visit, for instance, Norway and see the horrible lives they have there. Oh my, oh my how they suffer in Norway. Now that is socialism to you. Geeh, get a grip

Republicans are susch Moron's... Thank God the Idiot Palin was sent back to Alaska. Even if someone consulted or as her a question about national security she couldn't answer.

Champly,
You're a little confused. The crimes and constitutional violations were committed by the last administration, as was the economic insanity that left us in the mess we're in.

Suddenly, Republicans are concerned about the deficit that they ignored for the past 8 years. President Obama isn't hiding real costs in supplemental spending bills. He's putting them out there, including the cost of two wars, for all of us to be aware of just how deep the hole is.

It is SO refreshing to have an intelligent team in the White House!

great job Biden. but does that mean Obama actually hears anything you say ?

Everyone knows Cheney pulled the strings and George was the puppet.

Why do you think Cheney is doing all of the talking while Bush is quiet.

Cheney knows what went on. Bush was the puppet.

Obama is not a yes man to Biden. He is the boss. Unlike Bush.

As an American soilder, I am proud on how my commander in chief has been a leader. What can you say Republicans are Republicans....lol..I truly belive that neo-cons do not know what is the defination of SOCIALISM!!! Forcing Religous Belifes onto the country is socialism. Yes I am a christian.. However, I understand that Christ and salvation is a choice... HOOAH, Army leads the way

@Champly June 14th, 2009 12:18 pm ET

Ah yes…partners in crime.
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But they both left white house on January 20, 2009

Just imagine if that was "President" McCain and "Vice President" Sarah Palin in the picture above. SCARY!!!!!

A blanket comment to everyone who posts here who wants President Obama to fail (which is the subtext of everything you write): By wanting our President to fail, you want our country to fail. You are putting your own selfish political agenda ahead of your country. As long as you've got yours, to hell with everyone else. Sounds treasonous to me.

Pathetic!

Yeah sniffit – do as your are told. Keep your opinions to yourself and go back to work so you can earn money for Obama to spend as we darn well chooses. How dare you question the Obama !! How dare you cast a shadow on VP Plugs !!

back when the rush limbaugh party was in the white house the president took direction for the 4th branch of government...the dick cheney branch

Obama will lead America back to greatness and away from the greed of corporations.

Socialist? Oy vay...You people sound like complete morons...honestly, LET IT GO!

Biden has a loose mouth at times, but he is an intelligent, experienced man who truly has the best interest of our country in mind and in his heart. Both he and President Obama are big enough people to accept that putting the best minds to work on a problem goes a very long way in coming up with the best solution.

Keep up the good work, Barack and Joe!

Joe Biden is a regular guy, foot in his mouth and all. I respect his opinion because I think it comes form a place of knowing what a regular persons values and belief are. He knows our struggles and has a powerful voice in defending our needs. What is not to respect about that?

I am PROUD as a former U.S.Marine to have (after 8 years of unimaginably poor leadership) to have a great President AND Vice President in the White House. America is back on track and there is nothing the "other" party can do to stop us from rebuilding our great nation. I truly feel that those with an opposite view of this government are full of it and they just want to hear themselves speak.

I think Republicans should be insulted at the way they get played like they're the subject of a Pavlovian experiment. A GOP strategist simply substitutes "fascism" for "socialism" because "socialism" isn't generating the vitriolic response that it once did - never mind the fact that "fascism" is on the opposite (far right) end of the ideological spectrum and thus is completely different. How does it feel to have leaders whose big idea is to push your buttons all day to keep you hysterical and unable to think for yourselves?

Ah yes...partners in crime.

Good old Joe. He reminds me of a nutty uncle. Obama picked him to be VP for only one reason. It was the right thing to do at the time to get elected. I'm just glad the media is starting to look at Obama in a more critical way. The rock star appeal seems to be wearing off and people are starting to think rational again.

Biden appears on "Meet The Press" and says that the Stimulus bill did not help the economy. In fact, the economy got worse since the stimulus bill. Biden response to this was "everyone guessed wrong."
Everyone guessed wrong? I think Biden meant everyone in his administration guessed wrong. Now the country is in an extra 600Billion dollar deficit and the economy is worse off.
All of you who supported the stimulus bill with all your might...here are the results. This country is just starting to see the effects of a useless administration. You reap what you sow.

The longer the Republicans take to get their party back from the grips of Rush_Sarah_Newt, and into something in the reality realm, the better for us bleeding heart liberals. Eventually, I imagine the pendulum will swing back towards the middle, but it will be a NEW middle... LEFT of where it's been. AMEN!

Do you republicans even know what socialism is? Obviously not listening to some of these posts. Do your self a favor stop listening to people like rush, coulter, hannity and do your own research if you dare. These people are only trying to make money off of gullible people like you. They got rich from being negative. President Obama is without a doubt the BEST thing that has happened to this country in a long time. He is tackling problems that the republicans ignored for the last 8 years. Even if the President gets nothing accomplished I give him an A for effort. By the way alot of you just need to accept the fact that he's black and then look at him through objective eyes. Give the man a chance! (I am white by the way)

Consult? I almost forgot that that word existed anymore in American politics, at least during the last 8 years.

my type at least listens

Snifit, you are on here every day, you need some time away so that you are not caught up in your own wirld wind of negative reactive responses

Try thinking and less typing into Blogs

Would all you Biden haters feel better if Biden had secret meetings, maybe go out and shoot somebody in the face wit a shotgun. We still don't know who was at the energy meeting of Cheney's in early 2001. I feel we are paying the high price of gas because of this meeting.

wow you are flipping Dabird to the american people yourself aren't you

this is sunday, go to church, get some perspective, step away from the computer

Obama is just using Biden as a sounding board. Nothing more. Get over yourself Joe.

re: Sniffit June 14th, 2009 11:09 am ET
"...to think your type usually complained that Bush consulted Cheney Vader too much!"

Sniffet...It wasn't really that we thought Bush consulted Cheney too much! It was more like Cheney didn't consult Bush enough...and why would he really? It would have been like the puppeteer asking the puppet if it was okay to pull a certain string or put certain words in his mouth.

I can't help but wonder if Bush would have been a better president and the nation as a whole would not have been so degraded if someone less power hungry and nasty-tempered than Cheney had been the Vice. Bush should forever blame Cheney for the awful way history will most certainly regard his presidency.

IOn the other hand, 'm so glad Biden is in the VP's office. He's a foreign policy whiz and seems to be as fair-and-open minded as Obama. He's so very much better than the guy who preceeded him! And Holy Cow! Biden's a world better than Palin would have been or could ever hope to be!

Joe.., you have been around for a long time. Even I would seek your advice.., especially on foreign country issues. Mike in Montana

The thing is, is that Pres. Obama ALSO invites input from opposing viewpoints, i.e. the republicans. Asking advice from your right hand man is easy, asking the "opposition" is less so, and he does ask the "opposition" the problem is the "opposition" want to remain so. Pres. Obama is a rational thinker, humble and a pragmatist, MAN WHAT A CHANGE.

He has lied to America about 100 days though. 100% of everyone's taxes are going up. Cell phone tax, soda and beer tax, gas tax, health care tax, climate tax. Obama and Rahm are taxing us from the back door. WAKE UP AMERICA. My health care tax will be $1,800 for our middle income family.

@ observer

It is only a handful of screwballs who keep blogging under different names. They want to make people think that there are a lot of them out there. They are racists, Limbaugh freaks and just plain nuts. I doubt that most of them ever even pay taxes. Their whole world revolves around trying to scare people and make themselves sound important. Some people are just too stupid to even own computers.

Some of these comments keep it a proven fact there are a lot of ignorant people responding to these articles. The comments about support for BO and his 'greatness' are so far off base . . . of course, Biden is the one thing that does help BO look better . . . and BO needs all the help he can get.

Doesn't say much for Obama's judgement that he selected Biden as a running mate, and says even less if he actually listens to what he says.

Harley, take a deep breath. The term SOCIALIST is so over played. When Palin ask for money from the government to build a pipeline in Alaska isn't that socialism . It looks as though the repugs only cry socialism on selected issue. Medicaid , medicare, and social security = SOCIALISM! Research your talking points before labeling.

Certainly hope that in about 8 years, Biden will be President. At the present, we have a "super team", Obama and Biden!!!! But no matter how "super" a person might be, the mess left by Bush and his crime family will take a long time to "clean up"

Harley – I'll take a so called 'socialist' (if that's what you want to lie and call it) state over the dictatorship we had for the last 8 years any day. You repubs don't even know what real socialism is or you wouldn't even say that, you just get your talking points from lush limpaugh, hannity and beck. How sad.

Biden is a buffoon! If Obama respects his opinion, then he's the only one. Biden is the worst VP since Dan Quayle.

I read these postings and see some thoughtful input and that is good, but then I see those that only call names and issue hate that is swad. If you do not agree with a person or a policy explain what you think should or could be done that is better. If the only problem is that you are white and Obama is black you have ony proven you are the problem.

Biden always puts his foot in his mouth. I really would cherish his opinion. Yikes.

To: Harley (June 14th, 2009 11:28 am ET)

They are one of the same far left !!!! They are also SOCIALIST that is why they will be ONE term !!! THANK GOD
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Just saying it – any of it - doesn't make it so. It's going to take a lot more than hateful blogging and random labeling to dislodge this administration if it is (gasp!) successful in its efforts to heal the country and put it on the right path. The right wing needs to let a little light and air into its echo chamber (around which uninformed terms like "socialist" bounce with abandon) if it wants to have any hope of being relevant again.

Presiedent Obama continues to 'break the old presidential mold' with proactive actions such as this. It's not about ego–it'a about surrounding your self with the smartest and brightest people available to make well-informed decisions.
Joe Biden has a brilliant political mind and valuable experience in Washington politics–a valuable asset to the President and this country in a most critical time.

At last, we have a president who is a strong capable leader and is not afraid to consult with his equally strong capable vice president. They give us that are struggling financially hope that things will get better eventually.

They are one of the same far left !!!! They are also SOCIALIST that is why they will be ONE term !!! THANK GOD

Patience is a virtue. Read my lips: We didn't put our country in the hole its in. We do have a plan to get us out which includes investing in our country via Health Care, Education, and Energy which are key areas that need reforming and in the long run will be beneficial to all of us whether you believe it or not.

I didn't vote for Biden in the primaries because he's a loon. Obama asking him to be his running mate was his single worst decision to me. Biden is a joke. Why some Democrats continue to support him is beyond me.

What else is he gonna say...more softballs thrown to the Obama Admin.

Good to hear that our President seeks additional counsel before making large decisions.

To the Bush/Cheney bashers, please stop. They are gone and you need to let your anger and hatred go of them. They are the past. This is the now. Focus.

Ok and your point is?

Dang nabbit Hate has been accuring so much... Get a life guys.....

@Sniffit: Cheney WAS president, who are you kidding?

Obama and Biden are predictable. They do things that make common sense.

Keep up the good work you too, You make my day

" Two heads are better than One". I am glad that the role of VP is being used properly and not having a rogue VP is definitely a plus.

Great job Joe,the rightwing zealots hate you,but you have brought honor back to the office. Cheney ran the show from behind the curtain and poor Georges strings were twisting in the wind.haha.

he consults him and tells him to shut it

@ I think,
and to think your type usually complained that Bush consulted Cheney Vader too much!

I hope, and believe he does, consult with the best minds to make the best decisions

which is better than the previous administration