Bill de Blasio sticks up for La Guardia airport
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Biden Says He’ll Make 2016 Decision Next Summer
Vice President tells CNN there’s no obvious reason he shouldn’t run
Joe Biden Says NYC Airport Like ‘Some 3rd-World Country’
Vice President takes a jab at New York City’s second-largest airport while making the case for infrastructure investment
Did Obama Consider Ditching Biden for Clinton? ‘No Way,’ Pres Says
“I like him,” Obama says of his VP. “He has my back.”
“This is our first task as a society-keeping our children safe.”
Political Pictures of the Week, May 25-June 1
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
As Joe Biden Visits Ohio, Mud Flies Over Chicken Parm
Steubenville, Ohio
Any last hope that this year’s election would be anything but an unprecedented wallow in muck, misstatement and disrespect was lost Wednesday, at a neighborhood spaghetti joint on the border between Ohio …
As Prospects for a Grand Debt Deal Fade, Gang of Six Shapes Plan B
At a White House meeting on July 7 when President Obama told congressional leaders he wanted a grand bargain on deficit reduction, Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat and a member of the bipartisan so-called Gang of Six, began …
Debate thoughts…
No game-changer; the debate essentially a tie. Maybe a slight edge on points to McCain as he did put Obama on the defensive quite a few times although at the price of a crusty tone. Both campaigns will now employ first-rate funhouse mirror logic to claim smashing victories. McCain will say this puts him back in the race. They won’t …
Obama and Biden’s Chemistry
My story out today on Obama and Biden’s chemistry.
Palin’s “Good Looking”
Joe Biden called his vice presidential opponent Sarah Palin “good looking” at an event in Toledo yesterday. It was classic Biden, full of self-deprecating humor.
Biden: There’s a gigantic difference between John McCain and Barack Obama and between me and I suspect my vice presidential opponent and that is that – it’s obviously,
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Surprise Guest
As Biden started speaking Obama’s protective press pool hustled into the press area, which means Obama’s in the building…
Update:
Obama spokeswoman Jenn Psaki tells us Obama will join Biden on the stage when he’s done speaking.
Dispatches from Springfield III
Chicago, Illinois
My story on the day’s events. Tomorrow we go to church in Eau Claire, Wisconsin followed by a picnic at the somewhat politically named Rod and Gun Park. I’m unsure if we’ll actually see Obama with a gun or a rod, but BBQ is promised.