Biden and Cheney

After weeks with no sign of "hair plugs and botox Joe Biden", he has resurfaced as head of Barack Obama's "Middle Class Task Force".    Like me, you are probably asking what the heck is a middle class task force?  Seems this is an effort to find ways of building up the ranks of the middle class and to ensure the middle class is "no longer being left behind."

"Our charge is to look at existing and future policies across the board and use a yard stick to measure how they are impacting the working and middle-class families," Biden said in a statement released Sunday. "Is the number of these families growing? Are they prospering? President-elect Obama and I know the economic health of working families has eroded, and we intend to turn that around."   [snip]

Just last month, Obama promised to create 2.5 million new jobs. Now that the economy has gotten considerably worse, he revised that goal to 3 million jobs. To help with that, he is considering a stimulus package of up to $775 billion over two years, reports CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy.   (continue at CBS)

We were told that Barack Obama promised Biden would 'be there for every critical decision'.  CNN reports 

When Obama talked to him about the vice-presidential slot, Biden recalled, "I said, 'I don't want to be picked unless you're picking me for my judgment. I don't want to be the guy that goes out and has a specific assignment. ... I want a commitment from you that in every important decision you'll make, every critical decision, economic and political, as well as foreign policy, I'll get to be in the room.'" 

Biden said President-elect Obama has kept the promise, having Biden in the room for all of his decisions about who will fill key posts in the administration.

But, Biden is getting the specific assignment anyway.

Cheney Mocks Biden, Defends Rumsfeld in 'FOX News Sunday' Interview:

Vice President Cheney mocked Vice President-elect Joe Biden's grasp of the Constitution, defended former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and said President Bush "doesn't have to check with anybody" before launching a nuclear attack.

In a blunt, unapologetic interview on "FOX News Sunday," Cheney fired back at Biden for declaring in October that "Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history."

"He also said that all the powers and responsibilities of the executive branch are laid out in Article I of the Constitution," Cheney said in a interview that was conducted on Friday. "Well, they're not. Article I of the Constitution is the one on the legislative branch."

"Joe's been chairman of the Judiciary Committee, a member of the Judiciary Committee in the Senate for 36 years, teaches constitutional law back in Delaware, and can't keep straight which article of the Constitution provides for the legislature and which provides for the executive. So I think I'd write that off as campaign rhetoric. I don't take it seriously."  (Fox)

I love it when Cheney speaks!  The left goes wild.

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[Betsy]

Cheney delivers so dryly that it's even more devastating when you realize exactly what he's said. Loved the part where he said, "Well, if Joe wants to diminish the office and duties of the vice-presidency, it's his prerogative...but ultimately, the President will decide his role or lack thereof." I'm paraphrasing but it was HILARIOUS. Then, the best part was when he confirmed he had told Leahy to go F himself. hahahahaha, I love the guy. Love him!