As the Ground Shifts, Biden Plays a Bigger Role.

[elleng]

Representative Anthony Weiner of New York got up and asserted that Mr. Obama was acting like a “negotiator in chief” instead of a “leader” who gets things done.

Mr. Biden erupted. “There’s no goddamned way I’m going to stand here and talk about the president like that,” the vice president said, according to two people in the room.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/us/politics/12biden.html?hp

[Angry Dragon]

1. Then tell that to the republicans

get up in their face

[tularetom]

2. Easy for him to talk tough

when he's talking to a Democrat.

You never hear that kind of confrontational attitude when he's dealing with his real opposition.

[elleng]

3. Could it be that you/we never hear ANY kind of anything

when dealing with opposition?

Ever hear of 'negotiation' occurring in the open? Just doesn't happen.