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WATCH LIVE: Biden and Ryan face off in first vice presidential debate
Vice President Joe Biden faced his Republican challenger Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Thursday night for their first televised debate. Watch live video, courtesy of MSNBC, below: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Sen. Sanders ‘surprised’ if Biden doesn’t ‘decimate’ Ryan in debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) thinks Vice President Joe Biden will be able to dominate the debate on Thursday because of Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) controversial budget plan. “These are devastating cuts [to Medicare and Medicaid,]” he told Current TV host Eliot Spitzer. “What kind of moral outlook throws children, poor…
Republicans seize on Biden ‘buried’ middle class gaffe
WASHINGTON — Republicans seized on an apparent gaffe by Joe Biden on Tuesday, after the US vice president remarked that America’s middle class had “been buried in the last four years.” Biden, who is still President Barack Obama’s running mate on the Democratic ticket, made the comments when speaking about…
Biden: I don’t recognize Mitt Romney’s America
Vice-president tells supporters in Florida that Romney’s 47% remarks show a ‘profound misunderstanding’ of America Joe Biden continued his criticism of Mitt Romney on Saturday, telling a 2,000-strong crowd in Florida that does not recognise Romney’s vision of America as a country dependent on government handouts. The vice-president was campaigning…
Joe Biden: We have no intention of downsizing the American Dream
At the last night of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden praised President Barack Obama’s response to the financial crisis that occurred shortly before he took office. “Day after day, night after night, I sat beside him, as he made one gutsy decision after another–to stop…
Joe Biden scraps plan to crash GOP party as Isaac storm takes aim
Joe Biden scraps plan to crash GOP party as Isaac storm takes aim (via The Christian Science Monitor) Tropical Storm Isaac has been a thorn in the side of Republicans for a week as it’s threatened to disrupt the party’s nominating convention in Tampa, which begins on Monday. But as…
Giuliani: ‘Serious questions’ about Biden’s ‘mental capacity’
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is doubling down on the charge that Vice President Joe Biden might not have the “mental capacity” and “balance” to take over the presidency if he needed to. Speaking to CNBC last week, Giuliani said that a series of gaffes showed that Biden…
Carney defends Biden: Wouldn’t go to McCain for VP advice
WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday ruled out dropping Vice President Joe Biden, and told former Republican nominee John McCain that with his track record he was in no position to give advice on running mates. Several prominent Republicans suggested the gaffe-prone Biden should be replaced on President Barack…
Former Democrat Artur Davis hammers Biden over ‘racial viciousness’
Former Democratic Rep. Artur Davis (AK) on Wednesday slammed Vice President Joe Biden for warning that Mitt Romney’s financial policies would put voters “back in chains.” “When I heard the vice president of the United States, someone I grew up admiring, someone I’ve been on platforms with, when I heard…
Biden warns Romney will ‘put y’all back in chains’
Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s financial policies would put voters “back in chains.” At a campaign stop in Virginia, the vice president told a crowd — which included many African Americans — that Romney was “going to let the big banks…
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