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Biden says end to wars gives US new flexibility

Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that the United States can now focus on new global challenges after a long decade of war in an election-year commencement address to jubilant graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Complete Story...

Biden recalls pain after death of wife, daughter

Visibly pained, Vice President Joe Biden recalls the wrenching sorrow of losing his first wife and his daughter to a car accident in 1972.

Biden dismisses Romney's experience in business

The presidential campaign debate over Republican Mitt Romney's tenure at a private equity firm is going down the drain.

Biden attacks Romney tenure as venture capitalist

Vice President Joe Biden, campaigning in Democratic territory with high unemployment, went after Republican Mitt Romney's business background Wednesday and cast him as a corporate raider more interested in profits than people.

Being in politics means having to say you're sorry

It's a sorry list. This week's apologies from Mitt Romney and Joe Biden are just the latest in a colorful history of politicians regretting personal lapses large and small. A few recent notables:

AP source: Biden apologizes to Obama over comments

Shortly before President Barack Obama voiced his support for gay marriage, Vice President Joe Biden apologized to the president for comments that led him to speed up his public pronouncement.

Obama not worried about being upstaged by Biden

President Barack Obama says he'd already decided to come out for gay marriage before Vice President Joe Biden publicly endorsed it.

Obama on gay marriage: 'Right thing to do'

President Barack Obama on Monday defended his view that gay couples should have the right to marry, saying that the country has never gone wrong when it "expanded rights and responsibilities to everybody."

Biden OK with equal rights for married gay couples

Vice President Joe Biden says he's "absolutely comfortable" with gay couples who marry getting the same civil rights and liberties as heterosexual couples, a stand that gay rights advocates interpreted as an endorsement of same-sex marriage.

Biden says Chinese activist's future is in America

Vice President Joe Biden says he believes that Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng's future is in the United States.

Biden says no `stagnation' in employment numbers

Vice President Joe Biden says the latest job numbers show an economy still struggling to recover, but not one where hiring suddenly has stalled, which he says just might if Mitt Romney is elected.

Biden scoffs at bin Laden view of VP's leadership

Vice President Joe Biden says he hopes Osama bin Laden was wrong in his assessment that Biden would not be able to lead the nation if the president was killed.

Obama renews push for student loan rate freeze

President Barack Obama says college students shouldn't have to pay higher interest rates on their loans just because Congress can't get its act together.

Biden says Chinese activist's future is in America

Vice President Joe Biden says he believes that Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng's future is in the United States.

In speech, Biden attacks Romney on foreign policy

Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. That was Vice President Joe Biden's message for Republican Mitt Romney in a campaign speech Thursday that blended a robust defense of President Barack Obama's foreign policy record with a harsh attack on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's positions.

Biden in Everglades, touting restoration projects

Vice President Joe Biden has taken what he says was his first airboat ride, touring a swath of the Everglades while touting the benefits of a federally funded restoration project to restore the flow of water.

Birds hit vice president's plane while landing

Officials say birds struck Vice President Joe Biden's plane as it was landing Thursday night at Santa Barbara Airport in California. Nobody was injured.

Biden pleas for law targeting domestic violence

Vice President Joe Biden is imploring supporters to help sway lawmakers to renew a major law designed to prevent domestic violence against women.

FACT CHECK: Romney on taxes, education and more

Did Vice President Joe Biden really call for a new global business tax on U.S. companies operating abroad? Could it be true that half of high school students in the 50 largest cities don't graduate? And is President Barack Obama pushing Roman Catholics to "violate the tenets of their faith" with his expansion of mandatory contraception coverage?

Biden, wife pay $87,900 in US taxes

For Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, this year's tax return looks almost identical to last year's.

Biden: Romney is out of step with American values

Eyeing the November election, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday called presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney "out of touch" and "out of step" with history and basic American values.

Kosovo PM: integration only option for Serbs

Kosovo's prime minister says integration is the only option he will accept for his country's aggrieved Serb population.

Biden: Obama 'flexibility' flap shows Romney flaws

To hear Vice President Joe Biden tell it, the flap over President Barack Obama's prediction of postelection "flexibility" with Russia says more about the inexperience and slipperiness of Republican candidate Mitt Romney than it does about the commander in chief.

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The Awful Truth about Obama begins to break through the liberal bubble
Source: American Thinker

It has gotten so bad for the Obama campaign that even Politico is starting to notice that Obama's got nothing much to offer voters and can't articulate an appealing message. Of course, in order to break this news to inhabitants of the liberal bubble, it casts the problem as a " …

The Awful Truth about Obama begins to break through the liberal bubble.
Source: American Thinker

It has gotten so bad for the Obama campaign that even Politico is starting to notice that Obama's got nothing much to offer voters and can't articulate an appealing message.

DNC spokesman recognizes question of Obama resume fraud. By Neil Munro. 6:41 PM 05/22/2012
Source: The Daily Caller

Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse went there: He acknowledged the emerging question of whether a young Barack Obama could have fraudulently mischaracterized his upbringing while seeking entrance to three colleges — Occidental, Columbia and Harvar …

Rove SuperPAC Hammers '4th Greatest President'. 5-18-12
Source: Breitbart TV

1:26 video. A concise, clear, factual, and beautiful summary of President Barack Obama's accomplishments. 

How big a threat to the U.S. is Russia?
Source: CNN

FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Top Democrats are jumping all over Mitt Romney for comments he made about Russia. Russia Threatens To Target U.S.Defense Sites With Nuclear Missiles[Photo: theblaze.com] 

Race Issues Return With Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Source: Politico

The renewed focus on President Barack Obama’s controversial pastor is reviving the issue that neither presidential campaign wants to discuss directly: race. But the differing reactions Thursday from Obama aides and Romney officials to revelations about a planned  …

Shocking GOP. 'Super PAC' Plan Leaked - Plans Hard-Line Attack on Obama
Source: The New York Times

A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire on a proposal to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the “super PAC” era and attack President Obama in ways that Republicans have so far shied away from.

Democrats' Odds of Retaining Senate Improve
Source: The New York Times

When we last took an overview of Senate races in December, Republicans appeared to be slight favorites to take control from Democrats, with a net gain of four to five seats representing the most likely outcome. Since then, however, Republican fortunes have diminished somewhat  …

Obama has up to $1 million in JPMorgan account
Source: The Daily Caller

No wonder Barack Obama is being nice to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: The president has up to $1 million parked in Dimon’s bank. Obama’s money is held in a “JPMorgan Chase Private Client Asset Management” checking account, according to the president’s …

Newsweek calls Obama 'The First Gay President' on cover
Source: FOXNews.com

Following President Barack Obama's public announcement backing gay marriage last week, Newsweek magazine has featured him on its front cover with the headline, "The First Gay President." With Obama's face pictured looking skyward and a rainbow-colored halo above his he …

How much does it matter if you like a candidate for president?
Source: CNN

FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Voters "like" Barack Obama more than they "like" Mitt Romney - and that might be all it takes to decide the outcome of the election. A new USA Today/Gallup Poll shows 60% of registered voters say that President Obama is likable. That's nearly double th …

Obama ignores gay marriage issue on Saturday as Romney surges ahead. By Gregg Re. Published: 4:27 PM 05/12/2012
Source: The Daily Caller

President Barack Obama deliberately avoided the issue of gay marriage on Saturday, just a day after a new Gallup poll revealed that his decision to back same-sex unions will likely hurt him in November. The poll, conducted on May 10, is the first publicized national survey fol …

The End of "No Drama Obama"
Source: contentions

President Obama's Moment
Source: The New York Times

It has always taken strong national leadership to expand equal rights in this country, and it has long been obvious that marriage rights are no exception. President Obama offered some of that leadership on Wednesday. “I think same-sex couples should be able to get married …

Obama Backs Gay Marriage
Source: The Huffington Post

In a nod to a dramatic shift in public opinion, Barack Obama on Wednesday became the first sitting president to announce his support for same-sex marriage. In a sit-down interview with ABC's Robin Roberts, Obama completed what has been a markedly long and oft-mocked evolution  …

Biden on Iranian Menace: We were the Problem
Source: American Thinker

Why Obama Isn't Saying 'I Do' to Same-Sex Marriage
Source: The New York Times

Just two days after his inimitably voluble vice president kind of, sort of, probably came out in favor of same-sex marriage, and just a day after his education secretary expressed more succinct, unambiguous support for it, Barack Obama is scheduled to visit New York and cross p …

Now Is The Time For President Obama To Say 'I Do' On Marriage Equality | Addicting Info
Source: Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info

I strongly disagree with the critics who suggest that you are not a friend of the LGBT community. In fact, your Administration has done more to advance policies supporting LGBT equality than any other. I and tens of millions of other Americans thank you for keeping your promise …

David Gregory asks Joe Biden about gay marriage

On Meet the Press, David Gregory ask's the Vice President about gay marriage. Joe Biden sigh's deep and say's, It's about "who do you love." Well. Who do you looove????

Biden: 'Comfortable' giving gay couples 'same exact rights' as heterosexuals; Axelrod claims president agrees
Source: TheHill.com

"I am Vice President of the United States of America," Biden said on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. "The president sets the policy. I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men marrying women are entitled to t …

Sheriff's official suspended for disrupting Secret Service efforts to prote
Source: The Orlando Sentinel

One of Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings top aides has been disciplined for "conduct unbecoming" stemming from an incident during Vice PresidentJoe Biden'svisit to Orlando last year. Besides trying to get his picture taken with Biden, Maj. Danny Vereen broke so many security …

Barack Obama's politicisation of the bin Laden raid looks desperate. by Nile Gardiner. April 30th, 2012
Source: Telegraph

The magnificent operation by US Navy Seals to terminate Osama bin Laden in Pakistan a year ago this week united a divided nation, and brought with it a sense of closure for millions of Americans nearly a decade on from the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, DC. Thousands  …

Jonah Goldberg: The Obama campaign's ties to Jon Corzine - Los Angeles Times
Source: The L.A. Times

Jon Corzine left Goldman Sachs with a net worth far exceeding even that of Mitt Romney's today. Many accounts of his tenure at Goldman suggest he "failed up" the corporate ladder. Pushed out of Goldman in a power struggle, he nonetheless pocketed somewhere between $350 million a …

Why Does Karl Rove's 2012 Electoral Map Have Obama Smiling?
Source: The Blaze

Mitt Romney has just clinched the Republican nomination, and according to GOP strategist Karl Rove, he has a lot of catching up to do. In fact, according to Rove, if the election were held today, Obama could destroy Romney by as many as 100 electoral votes: Rove&r …

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