The White House has "Disappeared" Joe Biden

Ed Morrissey, over at Hot Air, has a post this morning that shows how effectively the current administration has muzzled their Vice Presidential "attack dog." The man is such a loose cannon, and in his defense, if I was Obama, I'da muzzled him, too, but I digress....

I wondered, at the time of Biden's selection as the Vice Presidential candidate, just what kind of drugs Obama was doing. But...as I thought about it, I realized that Biden was probably the only viable candidate for the ticket at the time. Of course, we know what we know now, but the campaign insiders probably knew about it, or they suspected it then. Turns out that an Obama/Edwards ticket would have blown up in everybody's face when the National Enquirer outed John Edwards' affair with Reille Hunter and their subsequent "love child." The Obama/Clinton ticket was a no-go for 2 very big reasons. Number one....their personal feelings for each other after the bloody campaign, and second...Bill Clinton. Another loose cannon with an eye for the ladies, and a former President, to boot. Of course, it could also have gotten back to Obama that Clinton didn't feel Obama worthy to bring him and Teddy Kennedy their coffee.....

At the time, I figured it was because Biden was the only one who said "yes." More astute polititians saw the Obama train wreck coming in the distance and didn't want to end their careers quite that soon, so they demurred. Biden, on the other hand, had long years in the Senate and the Vice Presidency could be considered the pinnacle of his career. He could retire in style, write books or whatever and be set for life, even if Obama turned out to be the next Jimmy Carter. After all....what's Walter Mondale doing these days and does anybody really care?

Now, after a series of gaffes that would do Captain Ahab proud, the White House has seen the necessity of muzzling poor ole Joe. Even a meeting on the supposed transparancy of the Stimulus bill is closed to the press....