Biden Talks Tough - The Caucus - Politics - New York Times Blog

Oooh, I guess Biden's a Big Man. Calling the President "brain dead", mocking other Republican nominees.

When will the Democrats learn that they can't play nasty and get away with it with uncommitted voters? The Republicans are nasty, they're tough. When the Democrats are nasty, they sound like wimps. Why? Because Democrats have long worked on the image of inclusiveness, and to sound like a bunch of hooligans flies in the face of all of that. Yes, it energizes the far-left, but rubs moderates the wrong way. The polite term is 'uncouth', the impolite term is 'asshole'.

I generally like Biden. Of the Democratic field, he's the most sensible on foreign policy, but his loud-mouth antics is simply annoying.