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Burger poll adds some beef to presidential election

WASHINGTON — With burgers as ballots, a restaurant in the US capital is conducting its own gourmet straw poll in the run-up to national elections on November 6. BLT Steak, a stone’s throw from the White House, is giving patrons a choice of hamburgers named after President Barack Obama, Vice…

Watch live: Obama and Biden campaign in New Hampshire

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden deliver remarks at a campaign event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Watch live, broadcast via MSNBC on Sept. 7. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

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…

LIVE VIDEO AND BLOG: Obama accepts Democratic nomination for re-election

The Democratic National Convention concluded Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina, with President Barack Obama officially accepting the party’s nomination to re-elect him as president. Other speakers include Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, author Caroline Kennedy, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, Dr. Jill Biden,…

Biden Secret Service U-Haul stolen in Detroit

Update posted below. The Secret Service has reported that a U-Haul truck loaded with equipment for a Monday night appearance by Vice President Joe Biden has been stolen from in Detroit.  According to CNN, the truck was stolen from a hotel parking lot overnight. Spokesman Ted Donovan said, “A U-Haul…

Biden blasts Romney’s Bain bailout

The day after the close of the 2012 Republican National Convention, Vice President Joe Biden came out swinging at inaccuracies in a speech given by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and calling Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to account for pressuring the government to bail out help his former private equity…

Tony Perkins downplays ‘legitimate rape’ as a ‘Biden-ism’

Family Research Council President Tony Perkin on Thursday defended Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), saying that his assertion that women could not get pregnant from “legitimate rape” was the type of innocent gaffe that Vice President Joe Biden might make. Perkins told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell that he met with Akin in…

Biden to visit Florida during Republican convention

WASHINGTON — US Vice President Joe Biden will look his opponents in the eyes next week when he campaigns in Tampa, Florida during the first two days of the Republican National Convention there. The Republican event, which runs from August 27 to 30, will see former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney…

Jon Stewart mocks Palin over her blindness to spewing divisive vitriol

On his show Wednesday night, Jon Stewart mocked Republicans who freaked out over recent comments made by Vice President Joe Biden. Biden had warned voters in Virginia that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was going to “put yall back in chains.” Republicans blasted Biden for the comment, a response Stewart…

Obamas caught on ‘Kiss-Cam’ during basketball game

Members of the first family were in the spotlight for a brief moment while watching the U.S. Olympic mens’ basketball squad Monday night, as President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were caught in the “kiss-cam.” According to MSNBC, the Obamas, who attended the U.S. exhibition against Brazil with…

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