Joe Biden update: Lots of closed meetings, a poll number under Cheney
While the president hops down to North Carolina and back to Virginia today, selling more healthcare plans whose billions of dollars will absolutely positively not add one Chicago dime to the deficit, Vice President Joe Biden has another full day of secret closed meetings in Washington.
According to the Veepster's schedule, after taking Monday off to accompany his wife to the doctor, he'll have a closed briefing on whatever the Recovery Act is or is not doing. Then, for the remainder of the entire day, Biden will have hour after hour of meetings with unidentified people on unidentified subjects. Don't even ask.
In the evening, he'll return to his Delaware home to recover.
Also, some polling news for Biden buffs:
According to a new Washington Post survey, a clear majority of Americans (55%) approve of the job Biden's doing, perhaps because thanks to schedules like today's, they can't know much about what that job he's doing actually is.
Biden's numbers are tied closely to Americans' belief in the economic efficacy of President Obama's stimulus package. Those who think it'll work, like him; those who don't, don't.
Those Biden approval numbers still aren't quite as good as Dick Cheney's April approval of 64% from a 2001 Post poll. But then Cheney is Obama's cousin and talks way less than Biden, who used to call Cheney the most dangerous vice president in U.S. history.
Biden's approval numbers, however, are way better than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's. Which actually isn't saying much because she and George W. Bush are both hovering around the lower 30s nowadays.
According to the Post, 79% of Democrats approve of Joe's job, 54% of independents and 24% of Republicans. Among white Catholics and whites without college degrees, Obama's actually doing better in approval ratings than the guy from Scranton, Pa., who was supposed to help him with that crowd. An ominous sign for a presidential helpmate.
-- Andrew Malcolm
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Joe Biden is blow hard, plagiarizer and a global joke. He's an embarrassment to the nation. Good God, Biden and Barry the Marxist. Heaven help us!!!
Posted by: xjug1987 | July 29, 2009 at 07:51 AM
Biden will have hour after hour of meetings with unidentified people on unidentified subjects. Don't even ask.
This schedule must have been created by President Obama it is part of the transparency in government that he talks so much about.
Posted by: welrelr | July 29, 2009 at 07:59 AM
Biden is in secret meetings with key government officials to prepare for a smooth transition to President as aides soon expect Obama to be forced to show his birth certificate, college records, passport records etc, which will clearly show Obama is not a natural born citizen under the constitution, so he will be removed from office as all legislation sign will be null and void.
There are concerns though that Biden may not legally be able to stay on either, as he was picked by Obama, which would grant the Presidency to Pelosi, who is at the bottom of the barrel of polling numbers. This is the reason Hillary Clinton retains a campaign staff of eight who are preparing behind the scenes to move into the Vice President position.
Posted by: Eric | July 29, 2009 at 08:13 AM
"It is not in Joe Biden's DNA to submit to tyranny; I speak with some insight as to how his mind works.
"I don't know this for a fact, but I'm betting that for him, as for me, the events of Nov. 22nd, 1963 left our generation with some unfinished business, a fact that may be lost on the Machiavellians in his midst."
-- From comments section, "Bush Torture Memos OK'ed Radiation Weapons Use..."
http://nowpublic.com/world/bush-torture-memos-oked-radiation-weapon-use-americans-too
Posted by: scrivener | July 29, 2009 at 08:24 AM
Joe Biden has another full day of secret closed meetings?
It's more like they keep him in a closet for fear he will answer the question:
Is our Health Care going to be
as good as what the Washington
ELITISTS voted for themselves?
FAT CHANCE ! ! ! !
Posted by: Buck Ofama | July 29, 2009 at 08:30 AM
Good tactic...keeping Joe in "closed" meetings. This limits his exposure to the media and alot less opportunities for words to come out of his mouth in public. Unfortunately it (closed meetings) doesn't do anything to uphold the "open" and "transparent" presidency the Obama administration promised the American people. Shame on you Joe and shame on you Barry.
Posted by: Don Smith | July 29, 2009 at 08:36 AM
What? Cheney is Obama's cousin? Was there some symbolic meaning that was too thin for me to see?
Posted by: Matt | July 29, 2009 at 08:37 AM
Biden is a joke. They're hiding him away so he doesn't put his foot in this mouth while BHO is going around lying about his stealth care program - that won't add to the humongous debt that he's already run up in 6 months. What is the debt going to look like in a year, 2yrs, 3 yrs or after 4 yrs of this socialist idiot. What is the country giong to look like? Look at France - that's what the USA will look like!
Posted by: njpro | July 29, 2009 at 08:37 AM
Stupidest. Vice president. Ever.
Posted by: Randal | July 29, 2009 at 08:51 AM
A NEW BEGINNING with openess and no more secrets. Biden, Obama liars and sneaks. They do their business behind closed doors to keep the public ignornat just how viscous and slimey the deadly duo are.a
Posted by: amtr | July 29, 2009 at 08:54 AM
So much for transparency, or change, or hope for that matter. Gone. All gone.
Posted by: John Scott | July 29, 2009 at 09:29 AM
Apparently Biden spells transparency, s-e-c-r-e-c-y. Of course that doesn't matter to the most corrupt administration in our nations history.
Posted by: webo | July 29, 2009 at 09:35 AM
Biden and Obama should change places!
Posted by: Alang | July 29, 2009 at 10:13 AM
We are in an era of incredible double standards. Whatever the libunatics do is fine with them because it's them, even if they flipped out over something similar before.
Posted by: Rupert | July 29, 2009 at 10:32 AM
these meetiings won't be secret too much longer .... as we all know this guy cannot keep is month closed ..... right, wrong, or otherwise! He's a JOKE just like his boss ... opps, not quite as bad as B. HUSSEIN O.
Posted by: Enyaw | July 29, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Just like the secret groups that most of politicians and powerful people are in. the trilateral commission, council of foreign relations, bilderberg, bohemian grove The FED. All part of the new world order that is taking down our country.
All our present and past politicians are traitors.
Posted by: cheryl | July 29, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Has anyone noticed how much this administration is NOT in DC? How much are we paying monthly to support this presidents' travel expenses?? We are already paying for the upkeep of the White House. I appreciate the ability to work on the road but something has to be motivating Obama's handlers to keep him 'out and about'. hmmmm. And all those staged townhall meetings with the 'scripted' questions and answers?! I suppose the lemmings feel better about themselves seeing their leader out amongst their fellow Obama-adoring kinfolk almost nightly. Smoke and mirrors is the new transparency I guess. Check out John Ziegler's DVD: Media Malpractice. it's over 2 hours of interviews and media coverage of the election that is hilarious and infuriating at the same time...www.howobamagotelected.com
Posted by: JNCali | July 29, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Joe "Plugs" Biden is no Dick Cheney. I felt much safer knowing that Cheney was lurking in some undisclosed location with his finger firmly on the button.
What is Plugs doing? Conducting closed door meetings with Pelosi about how they will s-c-r-e-w the economy, tax payers and healthcare even more?
Posted by: Perry | July 29, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Joe Biden is a disgrace. Out of touch with Americans, out of touch with the economy, out of touch with reality at a time when Americans really need leadership. Just when you thought Barry O is the biggest fruad elected to public office, you have Joe "Duh" Biden leading the rear. Heaven help us all as this country is doomed as long as this dog and pony show is in office.....HILLARY-NEWT 2012!!
Posted by: NormInWoodland | July 29, 2009 at 11:33 AM
This is Bush's fault!
Posted by: Moonbat | July 29, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Joe Lieden is a someone I wish my son would grow up to be.
Wrong!
Posted by: Rob Sperring | July 29, 2009 at 11:37 AM
I give Biden very high marks. I am very happy with the job he is doing making himself BO look like the bumbling idiots that they are.
Sometimes his gaffes offer kernals of truth amid amid the bushels of lies that this contemptible admin./party is built on.
Yeah, darn good I say.
Posted by: edword | July 29, 2009 at 12:28 PM
OK --LA Times.. Fat chance.
Posted by: edword | July 29, 2009 at 12:30 PM
I think its very likely that Obama will ditch Biden come reelection time to get someone who more fits his style and someone Obama would like to be Succeeded by. I'm sure Rahm is on that list.
Posted by: Matt in Iowa | July 29, 2009 at 01:26 PM
LETS TAKE A POLL OF HOW MANY PLUGS JOE HAS IN HIS HEAD
Posted by: NUTCRACKER | July 29, 2009 at 01:30 PM