On Tweety - why is Obama's staff so ANGRY about Biden's [View all]

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* It's a tight run ship and they look at the long picture. This week wasn't supposed to be about marriage equality.

* One of the reporters said that although they're saying Obama was going to come out in support before the Convention, that was the first he'd heard of it. That his sense was the staff felt that they'd missed the opportunity about six months ago, and now felt they should maybe wait until after the election.

* They've hired a new Biden press guy who is a close friend of Jim Messina.

From Day One, their derision and dismissal of Biden has pissed me off. As Tweety said, 99% of Biden's life is "how can I help my friend Barack Obama?".

I get the sense his staff (Obama's) looks at Joe as a thorn in their side. Throwing a wrench into their schedule.

I think Joe's done an outstanding Job of being a mouth for the Administration, and RARELY has he gone off the rails. In this instance, I think Joe answered Gregory's question honestly and because he felt it is the RIGHT thing to do.