Rachel playing interview with Joe Biden

[malaise]

about the RW lunatic who won last night

[gateley]

1. Biden to us: "Get in gear, man!" There's a lot at stake here! Agree. nt

[malaise]

2. Don't compare me to the almighty

compare me to the alternative.

ReTHUGS aren't winning shite.

[bullwinkle428]

3. Give us more to get excited about, Joe!

I don't want to see RED in November, either!!!

[blogslut]

8. You have power

Talk to your friends. Convince your neighbors. Have a chat with the people you meet. Call up your local Democratic Party office and volunteer to GET OUT THE VOTE.

There's a number of DUers snarking on the DNC's new logo but what they fail to recognize is that the website on which it resides has been turned into an online GOTV engine, featuring numerous ways you can help the party without spending a dime and from the comfort of your home:

http://www.democrats.org/

[yurbud]

5. the message needs to go the other way to the White House and Congress too.

you can't play bipartisan patty cake for years then tell us the Republicans are the big bad wolf all of the sudden.

[gateley]

6. It seems (I hope I hope I hope) that they're beginning to realize this. I think

playing bipartisan patty cake was the way of BOTH sides in the past. Politics, dontcha know. But this is a new world and I think it's sinking in.

I've said many times I wish Obama would send Biden down to the floor of the Senate to do an LBJ and "talk" to his colleagues.

[yurbud]

21. It hasn't been the way of the GOP since at least the 90s

[gateley]

22. Oh yeah, -- I'm talking about the REAL old days, when Biden and Kennedy were

fresh young faced Senators.

[yurbud]

23. when FDR was still president?

[gateley]

25. I only know that I've read stories about how both sides used to respect one

another, fight like cats and dogs on the floor, but it was about the issues - not personal attacks. There was more of a willingness to work with each other (granted, it was usually you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours) but none of this NO! to every single thing the other side would propose. I guess I'm thinking of just stories about Kennedy, Biden - those of their era.

Am I incorrect? Am I saying stuff that's way off base?

[yurbud]

26. In one sense, what the GOP is doing is good: they are establishing a reliable brand

in those more cooperative days, if you voted for a Democrat or Republican, you weren't sure what you were going to get in terms of ideology.

My home state had two Republican Senators for years, both of whom would undoubtedly be ideologically to the left of most of today's Democrats in the Senate.

I would prefer to vote for a set of ideas, and if the person fails to defend and advance those ideas, they should be removed for fraud and/or incompetence.

[gateley]

27. Maybe that's what I'm trying to express -- that I get the sense that it used to

be that those on both sides who shared ideas, would support those ideas and come together, rather than just automatically reject what the other side proffered. Don't you think it used to be more like that?

[yurbud]

29. it used to be more like that which was good for the functioning of government but bad for voters

why should I bother to vote if the guy I vote for gets elected and then agrees with the opposing party?

That is a more dishonest version of a one party state.

[gateley]

4. I'm in hog heaven, here. Biden and Rachel! I respect them both so much! nt

[malaise]

7. I'm really enjoying this interview

Joe Biden is 100% real. I want this fight!! :rofl: Go Joe :rofl:

[gateley]

11. Having been in the Senate so long and working with the 'good' Republicans,

I bet he is just sickened and disgusted at what has become of them.

[malaise]

13. He's a real street fighter

I'm lovin' this :D

[jillan]

18. Me too! This is wonderful!!

[rocktivity]

9. Obama should let him out more often

He should have been doing this from the beginning.

Describes Forbes article as "science fiction!"

:headbang:
rocktivty

[malaise]

10. This wiill gobble up the news cycle

Super stuff this. Go Joe!!! It didn't work. :rofl:

[cilla4progress]

12. Go, Rachel -

she's a great interviewer. She isn't afraid to ask the deep questions, and frames them so succintly.

[gateley]

17. I think she's the most intelligent interviewer, so we get answers to REAL questions.

Especially with Joe. :7

[FLyellowdog]

14. Go, Joe! I want to see him out there EVERY DAY!!!!!

[SeattleGirl]

15. This is a great interview!

Thank you, Rachel! And thank you, Joe!

[malaise]

16. He's stolen the news cycle

I love it.

[jillan]

19. Sitting on pins and needles waiting to hear what Biden says about DADT.

C'mon commercials - hurry up already :)!!

[life_long_dem]

20. Thanks to President Obama's recent speeches and this interview

I feel like someone actually cares what happens to this country once again.

Thanks Rachel.

[Parker CA]

24. Terrific interview. Must-see tv. K&R!

[old mark]

28. I saw parts of it on the rerun around midnight...whenever I think the Democratic Party

is hoplessly confused and well meaning but brain damaged, Biden provided a refreshing contrast to most of the rest. I want him to run for President in 2016. I want him to speak more in piblic about the GOP and the job the Democrats have been attempting despite having all the drag of the media, the right and the stupid in our country. He makes me feel we are actually doing something worthwhile, on purpose and with some plan and intelligence, and he is one of the very few Democrats who makes me feel that way.

mark

[malaise]

30. Link here

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#39203874