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'''Joe Biden''' (born Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. on 20 November 1942) is the Vice President of the United States. Biden, notorious for his long-winded speeches and his foot-in-mouth moments, is an expert on foreign affairs, as noted by his support of opening a new front on the War on Terror in 2003. He is a staunch liberal on domestic policy, and is the first Catholic Vice President.
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'''Joe Biden''' (born Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. on 20 November 1942) is the Vice President of the United States. Biden, notorious for his long-winded speeches and his foot-in-mouth moments, as illustrated by his declaration that "we have to go spend money to keep from going [[bankrupt]]."<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/joe-biden-we-have-go-spend-money-keep-going-bankrupt</ref>  Being [[liberal]] enables Biden to avoid the mockery by the media that greeted the less gaffe-prone [[Dan Quayle]].
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He won few votes when running for [[2008 Presidential election|president in 2008]]; he dropped out after placing fifth in Iowa in January, 2008. Biden became Barack Obama's vice-presidential running mate. His campaign stressed his Irish Catholic roots in appeals to working class Democrats, who had deserted Obama in the primaries but returned in the fall.
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Bid is the first [[Catholic]] Vice President.  He won few votes when running for [[2008 Presidential election|president in 2008]]; he dropped out after placing fifth in Iowa in January, 2008. Biden became Barack Obama's vice-presidential running mate. His campaign stressed his Irish Catholic roots in appeals to working class Democrats, who had deserted Obama in the primaries but returned in the fall.
    
Biden, as a senator from [[Delaware]] from 1973-2009, chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and subsequently the Committee on Foreign Relations. Biden in 2007 was ranked as the third most liberal Senator by the non-partisan ''National Journal''. <ref>http://www.nationaljournal.com/conventions/co_20080823_9669.php</ref>  He previously ran for President in 1988 but dropped out of the race after admitting he had [[plagiarism#Joe Biden|plagiarized ]] a speech by the leader of the British Labour Party.<ref>
 
Biden, as a senator from [[Delaware]] from 1973-2009, chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and subsequently the Committee on Foreign Relations. Biden in 2007 was ranked as the third most liberal Senator by the non-partisan ''National Journal''. <ref>http://www.nationaljournal.com/conventions/co_20080823_9669.php</ref>  He previously ran for President in 1988 but dropped out of the race after admitting he had [[plagiarism#Joe Biden|plagiarized ]] a speech by the leader of the British Labour Party.<ref>
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