Joe Biden

In this edition of Topic A: Mary Beth Cahill , Ed Rogers , Thomas Vilsack , Alex Castellanos , Celia Cohen , Michael S. Berman , Todd Harris , John Diamond , David Greenberg , Laura Nichols MARY BETH CAHILL Manager of Sen. John Kerry 's presidential campaign and former chief of sta ff to Sen. Edward Kennedy This is a good first decision by...

I was amused to learn this week that a baby boomer can be both old and young at the same time. Regarding Vice President Biden's presidential chances in 2016 [" For Biden, dreams vs. realities ," front page, May 3], the question was raised: "Would the country effectively turn backward by picking a baby-boomer white man to succeed a youthful black president?" Clearly we are to read baby boomer as "old. " I can well imagine that, for those whose parents (or even grandparents) were born during the years 1946 to 1964, the term may well be a handy...

So Eugene Robinson thinks that "the real Biden showed up" at last week's vice-presidential debate [" Joe Biden delivers ," op-ed, Oct. 13]. How comforting to think that the vice president of the United States, with his continual interruptions and smirks and his arrogant, rude, disrespectful, condescending and, yes, juvenile demeanor, wasn't just acting but was revealing his true self. During the debate, Vice President Biden asserted, "I always say what I mean. " How reassuring, also, to know that the vice president's frequent, jaw-dropping...

Regarding the May 3 front-page article " For Biden, dreams vs. reality ": Joe Biden would make a great president, but if Hillary Rodham Clinton runs, why should the country be deprived of his services? Mr. Biden should run again for vice president, for which there is no term limit. A Clinton administration would surely benefit from his substantial knowledge of foreign policy and Congress, and his presence on the ticket would provide reassuring continuity to the successes of the Obama administration.

I was amused to learn this week that a baby boomer can be both old and young at the same time. Regarding Vice President Biden's presidential chances in 2016 [" For Biden, dreams vs. realities ," front page, May 3], the question was raised: "Would the country effectively turn backward by picking a baby-boomer white man to succeed a youthful black president?" Clearly we are to read baby boomer as "old. " I can well imagine that, for those whose parents (or even grandparents) were born during the years 1946 to 1964, the term may well be a handy...

Jena McGregor is a columnist for the Washington Post's On Leadership section. It's nearly impossible to read anything about Vice President Joe Biden that doesn't focus on his loquaciousness, his old-fashioned politicking, his warm and high-touch approach on the campaign trail, and his propensity for saying things he shouldn't. It's as if the world's political editors joined together and made a rule that no profile of Joe Biden should ever be published that doesn't include the adjective "gaffe-prone.

Watching Joe Biden hammer Paul Ryan on Medicare before looking into the camera and saying "listen to your instincts, folks," I couldn't help thinking – if Democrats have their classic case well in place on Medicare (and Social Security), why did the last Pew poll have Romney beating Obama 58-37 among seniors? Several politically active Democrats I've talked to have been surprised if not stunned by this fact – most assume Democrats are winning seniors precisely because Paul Ryan put the GOP's head into the noose on...

Editor's note: We bring you this column as part of our RePosted feature, where we dig through our archives to find opinion pieces that shed light on current events. On Jan. 6, 1988, David Broder wrote about his impressions of Joe Biden, who had recently withdrawn from the '88 presidential race amid allegations of plagiarism. Biden was announced as the vice presidential pick of Barack Obama on Saturday. Broder writes about the pick and references his 1988 interview today. This nation has been built by men and women...

Well, Barack Obama has finally flip-flopped on everything he stood for. He's reversed his campaign theme of "Change" to "Inside Washington. " Joe Biden, with his 36 years inside Washington, is anything but change. Mr. Biden symbolizes all the things Mr. Obama said he loathed in the primary. By choosing Mr. Biden as his running mate [front page, Aug. 24], Mr. Obama has played directly into the Republicans' emphasis on his lack of experience. Yes, experience counts, but Mr. Obama did not have the audacity to pick...

The 2012 presidential campaign could bear a new subtitle: A Tale of Two Catholics. For the first time in U.S. history, both sides of the ballot include Roman Catholics: Democrats' Vice President Joe Biden, and Republicans' newly named vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. Ryan, 42, still belongs to the Catholic parish, St. John Vianney in Janesville, Wis., where he was an altar boy. Biden, 69, the first Catholic vice president in U.S. history, attends Mass at St. Patrick's Parish and St. Joseph on the Brandywine Church, both...

When Vice President Biden arrives in South Carolina on Friday to headline a sold-out dinner for state Democrats, here's what you can expect to go down: Biden will stoke speculation that he wants to run for president in 2016 by pressing the flesh in the first-in-the-South primary state. He will show himself to be on a first-name basis with many of the local politicians and county activists who will line up to greet him. They will gush over his attributes — genuine, down-to-earth, rock solid on...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Though you won't see this on any plaque in the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, there's one baton our 43rd president passed not to 44 but to Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., who must be the most misunderestimated practitioner in American politics today. Gaffes, Biden's got 'em — a natural byproduct of that thing we call "authenticity," really. But while we're laughing it up, just as we did at the president now known as the Lucian Freud of Preston Hollow, we're liable to...

Congress is in the middle of its first major break of 2013, a pause that allows us to reflect on what we've learned over the first three months of the year. And, since we always think in lists — who doesn't? — we came up with the 10 moments that have really mattered in the 113th Congress so far. Then we ranked them from 10 (least important) to one (most important). Our list — consider it a bit of recess reading — is below. 10. Joe Biden swears in new senators. The vice president...

So close to that presidential microphone . . . yet so far away. As President Obama delivered his 2,000-word inaugural address Monday outside the Capitol, his chief governing partner, Vice President Biden, looked on from his chair just to the left, always the loyal and supportive cheerleader. But for Biden, who mounted two unsuccessful bids for the White House, Inauguration Day served as another reminder of all that he has achieved and what has eluded him after 40 years in...

Only in Washington would the vice president show up at a store opening, pushing a shopping cart and waving a membership card. Joe Biden was among the throngs at Thursday's opening of the District's first Costco store , in the Fort Lincoln area of Ward 5. Biden joined the ranks of other politicos who've made appearances at local businesses. President Obama dined at Ben's Chili Bowl. Russian president Dmitry Medvedev dined at Ray's Hell Burger. First lady Michelle Obama shopped at the Target...

On the phone at a campaign stop in Sarasota last week, Joe Biden pressed his argument to the Republican brother of a supporter, defending Obamacare to the skeptical man. "And after it's all over, when your insurance rates go down, then you'll vote for me in 2016," Biden said in earshot of reporters capturing his every word. The vice president made the comment in a joking manner. But the mere mention of 2016 again raised questions: Is Joe going to give it another go? This election is President Obama's last.

Down-home and laid-back, Joe Biden has been traveling the country saying what few politicians could about their opponents, for better or worse. Mitt Romney is "etch-a-sketchy," the vice president said this week. Last month, he told a Hispanic audience: "Romney wants you to show your papers, but he won't show us his. " At a campaign rally Thursday in Las Vegas, he said Paul Ryan and other young Republican leaders in Congress, nicknamed "young guns," have "their bullets aimed at you. " Biden has a long...

Down-home and laid-back, Joe Biden has been traveling the country saying what few politicians could about their opponents, for better or worse. Mitt Romney is "etch-a-sketchy," the vice president said this week. Last month, he told a Hispanic audience: "Romney wants you to show your papers, but he won't show us his. " At a campaign rally Thursday in Las Vegas, he said Paul Ryan and other young Republican leaders in Congress, nicknamed "young guns," have "their bullets aimed at you. " Biden has a long...

So Eugene Robinson thinks that "the real Biden showed up" at last week's vice-presidential debate [" Joe Biden delivers ," op-ed, Oct. 13]. How comforting to think that the vice president of the United States, with his continual interruptions and smirks and his arrogant, rude, disrespectful, condescending and, yes, juvenile demeanor, wasn't just acting but was revealing his true self. During the debate, Vice President Biden asserted, "I always say what I mean. " How reassuring, also, to know that the vice president's...