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MARLOW HEIGHTS, Md. - U.S. Park Police say a man was fatally struck by two U.S. Secret Service vehicles at a Suitland Parkway intersection. Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley says the two armored vehicles were traveling from Andrews Air Force Base to a Washington garage when the pedestrian was hit around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Suitland Parkway and Naylor Road in Temple Hills. Wiley says the vehicles were returning from a vice presidential trip to Fort Lewis in Washington state. He says the Secret Service employees driving the vehicles immediately stopped to help the man.

HAVANA (AFP) – Cuban Vice President Juan Almeida Bosque, a revolutionary commander who fought alongside Fidel Castro to bring down a pro-American dictatorship, has died. He was 82. An official communique issued through state media said Almeida, the number three official in the Americas' only communist regime, died late Friday from cardiac arrest. Almeida was one of just three top Cuban leaders to hold the title of revolutionary commander. As a black man in racially diverse Cuba, Almeida was an important visual symbol of a break with the past, particularly in 1950s Cuba, when racism and discrimination were common. His...

Joe Biden can be so much fun. Just when I get tired of fighting the good fight the SHMOTUS (Shmo of The United States) opens his mouth and all is funny with the world. You know what I am describing. Like for example: * When he said that President FDR ‘Got on Television’ to Talk about 1929 Market Crash. Now FDR wasn't president when the market crashed, AND the first televised presidential speech was September 4, 1951 by HARRY TRUMAN. * Or when hes said that the US "along with France, we kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon, I said, and...

Syracuse, N.Y. (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden plans to visit Syracuse next month to attend a private fundraiser for Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei.

Cheney — code-named Angler by the Secret Service — is a lot like fishing in dark water; there’s a lot going on underneath, but you’d never know it from staring at the surface… “I think it’s fair to argue,” said Cheney, “that we’re not going to have the same safeguards we’ve had for the last eight years.” ... It’s a good thing we had Dick Cheney in the Vice President’s office in the days following the 9/11 attacks. Cheney was the right man at the right time in history and was instrumental in launching the counter-attack against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan...

Vice President Joe Biden, well-known for his verbal gaffes, may have finally outdone himself, divulging potentially classified information meant to save the life of a sitting vice president.

Biden Aide Denies Vice President Leaked Classified Location of Cheney Bunker An aide to Vice President Joe Biden says he was merely describing a guest room in the Naval Observatory when he told dinner guests about what was reported to be a secret bunker. FOXNews.com Monday, May 18, 2009 Vice President Joe Biden did not leak classified information when he reportedly described to dinner guests the location of a "hideaway" his predecessor, Dick Cheney, used in the days following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, an aide to Biden said Monday. "There was no disclosure of classified information," spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander...

This just in from Newsweek's Eleanor Clift, a frequent purveyor of political anecdotes. She bring us an enlightening one here regarding the (quote) undisclosed location (unquote) we heard lots about in the days after Sept. 11. Here's Eleanor: Ever wonder about that secure, undisclosed location where Dick Cheney secreted himself after the 9/11 attacks? Joe Biden reveals the bunker-like room is at the Naval Observatory in Washington, where Cheney lived for eight years and which is now home to Biden. The veep related the story to his head-table dinner mates when he filled in for President Obama at the Gridiron...

Yikes! What is the implication? He doesn't like being called Vice President or that he doesn't like being Vice President? Maybe he feels just like I do; I said the exact same thing when Obama announced Biden as his running mate last summer! My man Jake Tapper reports: At an event at Union Station today where Vice President Joe Biden was heralding the $1.3 billion in investments in rebuilding train stations and passenger rails, a microphone picked up one of the former senator's myriad Senate colleagues addressing him, formally, as "Mr. Vice President." That met with Vice President Biden's standard...

Joe Biden is a bungling idiot who is better off kept away from sharp objects. One might view him as a real-life version of Ruprecht the Monkey Boy who poked himself in the precautionary-measure eye-patch with his cork topped fork. Or is he? Maybe Biden's ravings have all been an act to fool our enemies into underestimating his true genius. In fact, maybe Joe Biden has been carefully stockpiling his genius for a moment when it would be actually needed. That international crisis Biden blabbed about a couple of months ago unfolds and then, BLAMMO! Out springs this political and...

Joe Biden has been talking about his favorite topic -- Joe Biden. In particular, he's been attempting to talk his way past the widespread view that he, Joe Biden, marks a return to the days of the irrelevant vice president. Talkin' Joe himself has contributed to that perception by insisting that he will not be like Dick Cheney. A more astute vice president-elect would have little trouble distinguishing himself from Cheney without casting doubt on his own relevance. The problem with Cheney, from a liberal perspective, should not be that he was the foremost of Bush advisors. Cheney was, after...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new national poll suggests that almost a quarter of Americans think that Dick Cheney is the worst vice president in American history. Vice President Dick Cheney says he's comfortable with his accomplishments and isn't troubled by his ratings. Vice President Dick Cheney says he's comfortable with his accomplishments and isn't troubled by his ratings. Twenty-three percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Monday say that Cheney is the country's worst vice president, when compared with his predecessors.

Dick Cheney can take care of himself, that's why it has been so strange that the most powerful Vice President in American history has keep his mouth shut while being vilified by Joe Biden. It seems as if Joe Biden accused him of everything from being the most dangerous VP in history to causing the NY Mets collapse, and the death of Paul Newman. Finally Cheney is fighting back, on today's Fox News Sunday he shoved it right back at the Vice President Elect:

Vice-president elect Joe Biden Fargo, North Dakota, Nov 22, 2008 / 02:14 pm (CNA).- Following the Fall meeting of the U.S. Catholic bishops in Baltimore, where they pledged not to yield ground to the incoming Obama administration on the issue of abortion, Bishop Samuel Aquila has revealed that vice president-elect Joe Biden is struggling with his conscience over his support for abortion.Bishop Michael Hoeppner of Crookston, Minnesota and Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo, North Dakota are just two of the bishops who have increased their efforts to speak more forcefully and clearly on the issue of abortion over the...

The Republican Party without its conservative base is nothing but a mutual admiration society of Washington cocktail swizzle sticks and their doting pundits pontificating losing strategies. John McCain had a lousy message and was a lousy messenger to boot. I wrote in September that he was the media choice because he would lose. I also wrote that Sarah Palin was the only thing that gave his campaign a chance against his own McCain-Feingold booby trap, which the artful dodger Obama handily side stepped. I expect the media and inside the Republican Party know-it-alls to blame the loss of this election...

One thing the organizers did right - they brought in TWO cranes to fly the flag high: It was so hot and the sun was just killing us. My son took to laying on the ground so he could get some shade from me: For some reason, they like to pile oranges up wherever Sarah goes in Florida: Various crowd shots: The West Port High School color guard presented the colors: This third grade class sang a tribute to the armed forces: Congressman Rick Keller: Congressman Cliff Stearns: The truth of this sign is undeniable: Sarah and Todd enter the...

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Two months ago, John McCain pulled Alaska Governor Sarah Palin from relative political obscurity and placed her into the world spotlight. Now, less then one week before the presidential election, Palin reflects on one of the biggest moments of her youth; winning her high school basketball state championship. Outside the Lines' Sal Paolantonio discusses the biggest game of her life with Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. 3:27 runtime

I just want to share my memories of the Sarah Palin rally today in Kissimmee, Florida. My mom and dad and I left Daytona Beach today around 9AM and made our way to the event, where we were joined by my friend Olga. The weather was beautiful outside while we waited to get int, and we could not have enjoyed ourselves more. It was the most worthwhile experience possible. Here are my pictures: The Ticket: The Venue - the Silver Spurs Rodeo Arena in Kissimmee, FL: Always good to see the old girl flying high: And also good to see...

Go ahead and vote: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

"Doesn't really surprise me that they don't seem to hear the slip up there...they don't pay attention to much or they wouldn't be supporting a shady guy like Barry, who is far from democrat - he is a socialist (that's COMMUNIST for you illiterates out there) taking a ride on the (very naive) democratic ticket. God help us." jennifer846

Senator Joe Biden introduced as "Senator John McCain" at Democratic Rally in Florida. On purpose??????

I'll be glad when these media events dopey journalists call "debates" are over. A real debate involves an extended discussion of issues, such as was done during the debates between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960. The media events of today only give the participants sufficient time to repeat political cliches and other sound bites. This approach favors politicians like Sen. Joe Biden who lack the intelligence to understand the complexity of the real world. For example, Biden seems incapable of understanding that wars cannot be conducted according to strict timetables because the enemy and the weather only...

UPDATED: Thursday's debate between Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Delaware senator Joe Biden proved prognosticators correct and scored extremely high viewership. Last night's debate totaled a 45.0 overnight meter-market household rating, according to Nielsen That's 42% higher than Friday's presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama, which scored a collective 31.6 rating among the broadcast and cable networks. It's also a stunning 60% higher than the 2004 debate between Dick Cheney and John Edwards. In fact, the figure surpasses any presidential debate since 1992's second bout between Bill Clinton, Ross Perot and George Bush. The ratings will likely decrease...

Comeback Sarah Palin changed her image overnight. by Fred Barnes The moment when Sarah Palin knew she was winning last night's debate with her vice presidential opponent Joe Biden came after the subject had turned to nuclear weapons. Palin had talked about nukes as a deterrent and said it was important to keep them out of the hands of dictators who are enemies of America. Then she turned to moderator Gwen Ifill and asked, "Can we talk about Afghanistan real quick?" Afghanistan? The impression Palin had left in television interviews with ABC's Charles Gibson and CBS's Katie Couric was that...

Palin Shines by Steve Skojec 10/02/08 I've been one of the conservatives critical of Gov. Sarah Palin, and her recent media interviews have only intensified my concerns. I did not expect her to do well tonight, and said so publicly. I was wrong. I'm impressed with her ability to turn things around, grab hold of her confidence, and outshine Joe Biden - a likeable guy. As a trad Catholic and paleoconservative, I'm a perpetual malcontent, so I'm not going to say I was impressed with everything she had to say, only with how she said it. She was good on...

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Well....it's over. How do you think Sara did?

Advice for tonight's vice presidential debate shows Biden, Palin differences08:47 AM CDT on Thursday, October 2, 2008By CHRISTY HOPPE / The Dallas Morning News choppe@dallasnews.com AUSTIN – Sarah Palin must know her facts. Joe Biden must know when to stop. In the most anticipated vice presidential debate in decades, both candidates have something to prove to voters, who are looking for competent answers and something as ethereal as a look or a tone – some kind of connection to their lives, experts believe. Because what survives in a debate are one-liners and impressions, and that is why the only meeting...

Qualified by Fred Thompson When John McCain selected Governor Sarah Palin, as his running mate, the Democrats and their far-left constituency let out a primal scream that could be heard from sea to shining sea. How dare he choose someone that they and their pals in the media had not had a chance to vet (i.e. libel, slander, and otherwise and otherwise eviscerate). Ah, but it was not too late. These seekers of “a new kind of politics” poured torrents of malicious abuse upon her and her family. Plane loads of scandal mongers, lawyers and other truth seekers became more...

Each day seems to bring news confirming that Joe Biden is a net minus for his ticket and talk of Hillary Clinton’s riding in to save the “Democrat’s year” gets louder. Will she? Since everything she does is always about her, should she? In June Barack Obama had the support of just 58% of former Hillary Clinton supporters and that has not changed. Worse still, the number who will vote for John McCain has grown seven points to 28%. The AP reports Obama’ s Democratic base support is alarmingly low at 74%. In 2000 Al Gore got 90%, in 2004...

Lets stop talking about potential presidents for a moment. Instead, let us talk about potential vice presidents. Sarah Palin has received enough attention in recent weeks, so I won’t write about her now either, however. Therefore; lets talk Joe Biden. Biden hasn’t gotten a lot of media attention since it was announced he’d be Barack Obama’s running mate, but he deserves a whole lot of attention. You see, in only a couple of days weeks time Biden has proved himself to be completely incapable of being Vice President. He ripped an ad of the Obama campaign, calling it terrible. He...

How qualified for the vice presidency of the United States could a Republican be who: Is young - under 45 years old? Speaks in favor of economic development of Alaska? Advocates and engages in exercise for personal fitness? Has lived in the wilds of the American Northwest? Fishes, hunts, and loves the great outdoors? Has a reputation, not as an environmentalist, but as a conservationist? Has at least five children? Is a moralist for whom every issue is a struggle between good and evil? Is a reformer who has taken on the GOP's "good old boy network"? Believes corporations should...

John McCain's decision to name Sarah Palin as his running mate has had an impact on polls nationwide. Palin became the major story at the RNC in St. Paul last week. Her sudden entrance onto the national political stage appears to be paying off for McCain in Minnesota. So what impact is she having on the McCain campaign in Minnesota? According to our exclusive SurveyUSA poll, which surveyed 552 registered Minnesota voters: - 38 percent said they are more likely to vote for McCain because of Palin - 25 percent said they are less likely to vote for him because...

The bold choice of Governor Sarah Palin to be John McCain’s Vice Presidential running mate is one that caught many observers, including some contributors to this blog off guard. It was and remains a risky choice, and Governor Palin is not without negatives, but to Senator McCain’s credit, his choice of running mate has ignited a degree of enthusiasm and support across the political spectrum that has propelled him into the lead for the first time in this presidential contest. Whether Governor Palin was a wise choice will ultimately be determined on Election Day, and that will partly be determined...

Sometimes politics has the uncanny effect of mirroring the national psyche even when nobody intended to do that. This is perfectly illustrated by the rousing effect that Gov. Sarah Palin had on the Republican convention in Minneapolis this week. On the surface, she outdoes former Vice President Dan Quayle as an unlikely choice, given her negligent parochial expertise in the complex affairs of governing. Her state of Alaska has less than 700,000 residents, which reduces the job of governor to the scale of running one-tenth of New York City. By comparison, Rudy Giuliani is a towering international figure. Palin’s pluck...

Will Sen. Joe Biden be dropped from the Democratic Party ticket before Election Day? Television pundits, talk radio personalities and blogs have been buzzing with speculation about a last-minute VP switch for the party. On Fox's "Hannity & Colmes" last night, Sean Hannity asked Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa., "Will they replace Biden with Hillary?" Rendell replied, "No, absolutely not. Joe Biden is here to stay. Next vice president of the United States." However, according to recent polls, Biden's popularity is not as high as Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Results from a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. national survey released yesterday...

Today's Math The big switch? “ 1   On Thursday, Barack Obama will meet Bill Clinton at the former president's foundation headquarters in Harlem ” + 2 Biden: Hillary might have been better ÷ 3 "Is Biden Having a Stroke?" = Thomas Eagleton

Sarah IS us. Sarah is the kind of mom who spit combs her baby’s hair to make him look nice (which is probably where Piper learned the trick.) Sarah probably does some of the grocery shopping and meal planning. She schedules the children’s trips to the doctor or dentist. Sarah is probably the one who remembers to put T-tissue on the grocery list. Sarah doesn’t have to reach to prove that she knows about our everyday concerns – she lives most of them. Unlike John Edwards who tells his father’s story to make himself seem like the common man,...

WASHINGTON -- Months before the Bush administration ends, historians and open-government advocates are concerned that Vice President Dick Cheney, who has long bristled at requirements to disclose his records, will destroy or withhold key documents that illustrate his role in forming U.S. policy for the past seven and a half years.In a pre-emptive move, several of them have agreed to join the nonpartisan group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington in asking a federal judge to declare that Cheney's records are covered by the Presidential Records Act of 1978 and cannot be destroyed, taken or withheld without proper review....

Bye, Bye, Biden... John Walker After being the media love-child for much of 19-months, Barack Obama has seen what may be his biggest setback of the campaign so far. Media outlets this week are releasing new polling numbers showing Obama’s campaign down between four and 10 points to Republican running mates John McCain and Sarah Palin. Obama is widely known as the one that beat presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in a heated primary season that went down literally to the very last state. Since that time, Obama has worked to unify his party and ticket behind his message. Getting...

SPOKANE, Wash. (Sept. 4) - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin seems to have switched colleges at least six times in six years, including two stints at the University of Idaho before graduating from there in 1987. Federal privacy laws prohibit the schools from disclosing her grades, and none of the schools contacted by The Associated Press could say why she transferred. There was no indication any were contacted as part of the background investigation of Palin by presidential candidate John McCain's campaign.

That should be the headline in newspapers around the world this morning. A couple of weeks ago I took off my Vice Presidential hat to act as political commentator and pundit to critique Barack Obama's V.P. choice of Joe Biden. I called it a terrible choice, a bland choice, and strategically, a failure. As a matter of fact, strategically, BOTH parties blew it. If Obama picks Hillary (and her 18 million primary votes) he has a good chance of sitting in the White House. But Joe who? From Dela-where? The guy known for plagiarizing his speeches? After watching last night's...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Sarah Palin introduced herself to America last night as "just your average hockey mom," but to the roar of ecstatic Republican National Convention delegates her convention speech rose above the expectations birthed last week when John McCain stunned the nation by choosing the Alaska governor as his running mate. Making it seem easy to deliver a speech watched by millions worldwide amid a media frenzy over her personal life, she told her story and framed the argument for a McCain-Palin White House, delivering carefully crafted one-liners to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's doorstep with a resolute...

With grave suspicion and reservations, I nonetheless rejoice that the fading embers of conservatism may have indeed caught fire once more. That fireball is Gov.Sarah Palin of Alaska, I pray the next Vice President of the United States. Now I know why I have seen no one with any guts in the Republican Party in so long: the governor of Alaska has them all. Her speech last night was clearly a grand slam out-of-the-park home run. America, we have liftoff! By selecting Gov. Palin to be his running mate, Sen. McCain has finally electrified the conservative base -- the very...

In 1972 Sen. Joseph Biden, the Democrat nominee for vice President, lost his wife and young daughter in a car accident. Losing your family in a auto accident is a gut wrenching tragedy, to be sure. No one underestimates that and no ever blamed Mrs. Biden for the accident. Right up there with despicable things one human can do to another, is falsely accusing the innocent of a crime. “Bearing false witness” is even in the 10 commandments, but Mr. Biden’s feigned Catholicism doesn’t let that stop him. Last night CBS Inside Addition reports, “In a striking moment in December...

What do you think about Senator John McCain's choice? Most of us news producers were surfing the internet Friday afternoon looking for any and all information on Sarah Palin's background. I came across her biography, "Sarah: How A Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down." The author, Kaylene Johnson is a writer and long-time Alaskan who lives on a farm outside Wasilla, Alaska. I gave her a call at 8:00 p.m. ET to set up a radio interview. We also got permission to post photos from the book as well as an excerpt: Here is an excerpt from Chapter...

Sarah Palin was Sarah Heath, a sports reporter for TV station (KTUU Channel 2) in the 1980's. Here is a clip of Sarah Palin (a.k.a. Sarch Heath) doing a report.

John Stewart gives a surprisingly witty and back-handed review of Obama's speech in Denver.

Sarah Palin is the 12th cousin of John McCain, 8th cousin of George W. Bush and 10th cousin of Barack Obama.