NY Observer > Joseph Biden http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/26198/feed Articles from Observer.com en Just Words? Tell It to Biden http://www.observer.com/2008/just-words-tell-it-biden

Understandably, Joe Biden’s campaign-ending bout with plagiarism two decades ago has been getting its share of attention over the past 24 hours, with the Clinton campaign drawing a parallel with Barack Obama’s lift of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s words.

Certainly, Mr. Obama’s delivery of the passage in question was pretty much identical, as the video evidence now available on YouTube clearly shows. So why isn’t it being treated with the same gravity?  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/just-words-tell-it-biden#comments Politics Barack Obama Joseph Biden Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:52:51 -0500 Steve Kornacki 65334 at http://www.observer.com Also-Ran Biden Shows the Way at Debates http://www.observer.com/2007/also-ran-biden-shows-way-debates

Every time the Democratic eight gather for yet another debate, it is Mr. Biden who turns in the most consistently presidential performance of any candidate from either party.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/also-ran-biden-shows-way-debates#comments Politics Barack Obama Hillary Clinton John Edwards Joseph Biden Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:27:14 -0400 Steve Kornacki 57052 at http://www.observer.com Biden Campaign to Edwards: Enough With the Dean Routine http://www.observer.com/2007/biden-campaign-edwards-enough-dean-routine

The analogy to the Dean campaign, if not the questioning of Mr. Edwards’ motives and timing, is hardly a stretch.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/biden-campaign-edwards-enough-dean-routine#comments Politics John Edwards Joseph Biden Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:31:49 -0400 Jason Horowitz 56732 at http://www.observer.com A Candidate For Secretary Of State http://www.observer.com/2007/candidate-secretary-state

Officially, Joe Biden is running for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. But the job Mr. Biden may really be eyeing is that of Secretary of State.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/candidate-secretary-state#comments Joseph Biden Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:47:20 -0400 Steve Kornacki 55062 at http://www.observer.com The Tragic Death of Enlightened Interventionism http://www.observer.com/2007/tragic-death-enlightened-interventionism

Failure in Iraq is bad for America, worse for Darfur.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/tragic-death-enlightened-interventionism#comments Politics Joseph Biden Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0400 Niall Stanage 53186 at http://www.observer.com The Morning Read: Thursday, April 12, 2007 http://www.observer.com/2007/morning-read-thursday-april-12-2007

Andrew Cuomo got the nation's largest student loan company to curb its business practices and pay $2 million to educate the public about the industry.

Unlike George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer based his federal PAC in New York.

Joe Bruno promised to a problem with the Saratoga Springs.

Christine Quinn is getting members in line to override the mayor veto of a cap on pedicabs.

The city comptroller wants to know if Wal-Mart spied on its shareholders.

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/morning-read-thursday-april-12-2007#comments Politics Andrew Cuomo Christine Quinn Eliot Sptizer Joe Bruno John Edwards John McCain Joseph Biden Kurt Vonnegut Rudolph Giuliani Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:38:42 -0400 Azi Paybarah 53116 at http://www.observer.com Dems Answer to Anti-War Listeners http://www.observer.com/node/31980 A day after they ditched a planned FOX debate, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards will participate in a "virtual town hall" discussion this evening in the (presumably) more ideologically friendly confines of Air America radio.

The Big Three, along with Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd and Dennis Kucinich, will engage in a conversation entirely dedicated to the subject of Iraq and co-hosted by MoveOn.Org. Air America will be streaming it live 7:00 p.m to 8:30 p.m. tonight.

Said newly minted radio mogul Mark Green in an email: "We expect an historic night in what promises to be a defining election." --Jason Horowitz]]> http://www.observer.com/node/31980#comments Politics Air America Radio Inc. Bill Richardson Christopher Dodd Joseph Biden Tue, 10 Apr 2007 06:00:00 -0400 Observer Staff 31980 at http://www.observer.com Elsewhere: Hillary, Spitzer http://www.observer.com/node/31631

Hillary Clinton spoke privately to a gay political organization today.

Hillary is ahead in Joe Biden's home state.

Michael Cooper has more details about Eliot Spitzer's fight over health care spending and notes 1199 consultant Jennifer Cunningham's response: "We're not crybabies."

There's a small residency question about Eliot Spitzer's upstate economic czar.

Henry Stern liked Spitzer's presentation this morning, and thinks Spitzer has the potential for excellence.

The federal government will pay 75 percent of the cost to clean up areas buried in the record-breaking snowstorm.

Rock Hackshaw sort of quit blogging on Room 8, and complains that some people have no blog etiquette.

"It wouldn't be Philadelphia without one candidate throwing racial slurs at an opponent," notes Harry Siegel.

And above is Eliot Spitzer explaining how health care money ought to be spent.

-- Azi Paybarah]]> http://www.observer.com/node/31631#comments Politics Eliot Spitzer Hillary Clinton Jennifer Cunningham Joseph Biden Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:45:00 -0500 Observer Staff 31631 at http://www.observer.com Letters http://www.observer.com/node/36688 Biden on Iraq   To the Editor:    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36688#comments California George W. Bush Iraq Joseph Biden Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 36688 at http://www.observer.com Letters http://www.observer.com/node/37199 Biden on Iraq   To the Editor:    read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37199#comments California Iraq Joseph Biden Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 37199 at http://www.observer.com