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November 29, 2012 The vice president had to talk some about taxes and spending cuts while he was there. But it looked like he just wanted to shop today at Washington, D.C.'s first Costco store — and was having a really good time doing it.

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October 15, 2012 On the eve of the second presidential debate, we revisit the first one and the vice presidential debate. Some listeners thought they heard more clips of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan than of President Obama and Joe Biden. We found a virtual dead heat. In politics, our bile affects what we hear.

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October 12, 2012 Neither Vice President Biden nor GOP Rep. Paul Ryan gave any quarter Thursday night. The two men were pointed and at some points personal in discussing their differences across a broad range of domestic and foreign policy issues.

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October 9, 2012 In the past 35 years, there have been memorable moments in vice presidential debates, none greater than Lloyd Bentsen's "You're no Jack Kennedy" jab at Dan Quayle. But do they affect the election results?

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September 24, 2012 When the nation's second lady was introducing her husband in New Hampshire, the audience was in stitches after a certain gesture combined with her words took on a meaning she certainly didn't intend. The vice president, though, seemed to love it.

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August 15, 2012 At 42, Paul Ryan is the nation's first vice presidential candidate from Generation X. Some college-age Republicans are thrilled to have him on the ticket, but the GOP has a tough challenge ahead if it is to pick up much of the younger vote from President Obama.

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August 15, 2012 By telling a racially mixed audience in Virginia on Tuesday that the Republican ticket's economic plans would "put y'all back in chains," Vice President Biden sparked the latest campaign controversy.

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July 23, 2012 We may be three weeks away from learning Mitt Romney's choice of a running mate. Until then, here is a historical look at all the VP picks in the last half century, and which ones were considered a plus — or a minus.

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December 13, 2011 "We're looking for a stable, democratic government that is not beholden to anyone in the region and is able to be secure within its own borders," the vice president told NPR, and he sees that happening in Iraq.

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November 7, 2011 This week's Political Junkie column: President Obama says Joe Biden is doing a great job as vice president. Biden says he will run again in 2012. Hillary Clinton says rumors of her replacing Biden on the ticket are nonsense. And they are. So why doesn't this story go away?

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October 31, 2011 This week's Political Junkie: Joe Biden is not ruling out a bid for the presidency in 2016, when he will be 74 years old. Also: what to make of those Herman Cain ads that have gone viral on the Internets.

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July 5, 2011 The gaffe prone vice president will not tweet himself. Instead, his staff will telegraph official messages.

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