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Exclusive: Biden to limit role of vice president
Politico ^ | 12/06/2008 | Mike Allen

Posted on 12/06/2008 1:10:30 PM PST by HarryCaul

Dialing back his predecessor’s expansive view of the office, Vice President-elect Joe Biden plans on “restoring the Office of the Vice President to its historical role” as adviser to the president and tie-breaker in the Senate, an aide to Biden said Saturday.

The declaration results from an attention-getting article coming from the Las Vegas Sun, which is reporting Sunday in a story by Washington Bureau reporter Lisa Mascaro that the new Congress “will reassert its constitutional independence from the White House by barring the vice president from joining in internal Senate deliberations, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in an interview with the Sun.”

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: 111th; 2008veep; bho2008; biden; bidenvp; obama; reid; senate
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To: HarryCaul

I’ll believe it when Biden dismantles the Rove Weather Machine.


41 posted on 12/06/2008 2:13:20 PM PST by AU72
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To: Verginius Rufus
Survival of the fittest!

Oh, what a cruel statement! /s

42 posted on 12/06/2008 2:27:42 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Biden hasn’t said much since he announced that O would be tested blah, blah, blah. He’s been put away since then.


43 posted on 12/06/2008 2:32:45 PM PST by dandiegirl
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To: Tarpon

Biden playing the role of Duct Tape. PERFECT!


44 posted on 12/06/2008 2:34:54 PM PST by teletech (Friends don't let friends vote DemocRAT)
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To: HarryCaul

This story was released of course to support the bizarre liberal narrative that “Cheney is the real President”. By saying that Biden will reduce the VP’s role, they’re just reinforcing that liberal meme (and feeding the psychosis that produced it).


45 posted on 12/06/2008 2:35:38 PM PST by Hardastarboard (Why do I find the Toyota "Saved by Zero" ads so ironic?)
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To: HarryCaul

Yeah, it’ll be limited because Hussein won’t let him have a seat at the table.

What a maroon.


46 posted on 12/06/2008 2:43:09 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: HarryCaul

“I should’ve picked Hillary for VP. Biden was a total idiot but I couldn’t dump him because that would be a repeat of Eagleton...aha this is what I’ll do...”


47 posted on 12/06/2008 2:46:55 PM PST by ari-freedom (Conservatives solve problems. Libertarians ignore problems. Liberals create problems.)
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To: HarryCaul

BIDEN got his job because he shutup Larry Sinclair at a critical time!


48 posted on 12/06/2008 2:51:37 PM PST by NOBAMA in 08 ( OBIE HUSSEIN is a Pathetic Puppet of Bill Ayers and Associates!)
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To: ari-freedom

"Joe Biden is a modest man. Of course, there is much to be modest about."

Best,

Chris

49 posted on 12/06/2008 2:53:10 PM PST by section9 (Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Jesus is Coming. Everybody look busy...")
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To: HarryCaul

Enjoy all those foreign funerals, Joe.


50 posted on 12/06/2008 2:53:35 PM PST by mkjessup
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To: pallis

Hopefully, BIDEN will allow his spokesman, Johm Deletorio, do his speaking for him. But, alot of you are wrong, by the end of next week, you are going to realize that JOE BIDEN would/will be a Fantastically Wonderful President in comparison to ZERO HUSSEIN!


51 posted on 12/06/2008 2:58:01 PM PST by NOBAMA in 08 ( OBIE HUSSEIN is a Pathetic Puppet of Bill Ayers and Associates!)
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To: HarryCaul

It was Clinton, with his selection of Gore, that elevated the VP from a joke to an important position.


52 posted on 12/06/2008 2:58:05 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Proud_texan

Doesn’t the socially acceptible version have to do with a “warm bucket of spit”. LOL


53 posted on 12/06/2008 2:58:17 PM PST by JimSEA
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To: HarryCaul
“restoring the Office of the Vice President to its historical role”

Advice to Joe Biden: You're in charge of this.

Mr. Gore Plausible Deniablitity Iced Tea Maker.

-PJ

54 posted on 12/06/2008 3:03:03 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (You can never overestimate the Democrats' ability to overplay their hand.)
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To: HarryCaul

Joe Biden is all that stands between Nancy Pelosi and the Presidency. I pray for his continued health.


55 posted on 12/06/2008 3:20:03 PM PST by NonValueAdded (once you get to really know people, there are always better reasons than [race] for despising them.)
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To: Palladin

If he did not stay in the corner his son would not have a chance for his senate seat. I think the family told old dad to sit down and shut up. He will be the laziest VP we have ever had, not seen or heard. He even remarked to Gov Palin that even though he was elected she still gets more press. He asked her to walk him out just so the press would talk to him, however, poor Joe walked out alone.


56 posted on 12/06/2008 3:25:08 PM PST by Kadanne (Truth and integrity in America, where did it all go?)
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To: Kadanne

Perhaps Biden should go back to his day job, shopping at Home Depot and eating at Katie’s Restaurant


57 posted on 12/06/2008 3:31:04 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Oh, now that was a good one. Think it might take him awhile to find Katies. Wonder if he can say welcome to Walmart!


58 posted on 12/06/2008 3:34:46 PM PST by Kadanne (Truth and integrity in America, where did it all go?)
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To: relictele
Biden automatically limits whatever office he holds.

Now, I don't care who you are, that there is funny.


59 posted on 12/06/2008 3:43:01 PM PST by itsahoot (We will have world government. Whether by conquest or consent. Looks like that question is answered)
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To: HarryCaul

Put old Joe in a closet somewhere and give him a supply of Johnny Walker Black and he is a happy man.


60 posted on 12/06/2008 3:52:15 PM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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