VP forces Jake Tapper to reconsider policy toward loquacious blue hen:
"The president and I were talking about something yesterday in the Oval Office — which, to the press here, I'll not suggest what it was — but the response was to the folks that were in the office with us — was, you know, if we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, we stand up there and we make really tough decisions, there's still a 30-percent chance we're going to get it wrong," Mr. Biden told attendees of a House Democratic retreat.
Last night, our friend Fox News' Major Garrett asked the President about Biden's remarks.
"Since the Vice President brought it up, can you tell the American people, sir, what you were talking about?" Garrett asled. "And if not, can you at least reassure them it wasn't the stimulus bill or the bank rescue plan, and if in general, you agree with that ratio of success, 30 percent failure, 70 percent success?"
Responded the president: "You know, I don't remember exactly what Joe was referring to. Not surprisingly."
It is tempting to look at Obama's vice presidential choice as part of a larger emerging trend of presidential decision making. But remember, Obama picked someone with such a serious, adult attitude, and sacrificed himself for the sake of the country.
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best line from sullivan - "Nonetheless, it seems obvious that Biden speaks his mind frankly, and would have real heft and independence in the office."
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