The vice president, borrowing Mr. Obama's teleprompter for a speech before a friendly audience at the Brookings Institution, said "I" more than a dozen times as he pointed repeatedly to progress on the economy and to his lofty role in the process.
It sounded at the time like they were supporting McCain.
Biden did pick up on their chant...
My friends -- yes, we can then went on to introduce the next President of the United States Barack America.
The crowd responded with chants of OBAMA!
I can see why he'd be confused, he hasn't served with him nearly as long as he has with Iowa's Tom Harkins.
I don't understand why Biden's wife having her doctorate was a problem...
Ladies and gentlemen, my wife Jill, who you'll meet soon, is drop dead gorgeous. My wife Jill, who you'll meet soon, she also has her doctorate degree, which is a problem.
We share the same values, the values that we had passed on to us by our parents and the values Jill and I are passing on to our sons Beau and Hunter and Ashley.
Maybe it was from Ashley that Joe Blow Hard picked up, "I'm not the guy".
There goes Barry again, blabbering away without a teleprompter.
The community organizer was asked if he ever considered military service...
"You know, I actually did. I had to sign up for Selective Service [a means of conscription in case of war] when I graduated from high school.
"And I was growing up in Hawaii. And I have friends whose parents were in the military. There are a lot of Army, military bases there.
"And I actually always thought of the military as an ennobling and, you know, honourable option. But keep in mind that I graduated in 1979.
The Vietnam War had come to an end. We weren't engaged in an active military conflict at that point. And so, it's not an option that I ever decided to pursue."