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They are interested in getting money. They don't care about you. They care about the cash
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Vice President Joe Biden apologized to President Barack Obama for saying he supported same-sex marriage last Sunday on Meet the Press, according to the Vice President's office.
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the truth is, the only way we can do it on a scale that is needed is with bold action from Congress -- they're the ones with the purse strings.
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Vice President Joe Biden kicks off a two-day swing Wednesday through the eastern edge of the must-win battleground state of Ohio, an area that President Barack Obama is unlikely to visit this election year.
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Time and time again, the Republicans have gotten together and said no
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Barack Obama isn't a bad Democrat — because he's not a Democrat. He's a Republican.
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We will stand up in this election to bring about the change that won't just win an election but will transform America.
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Since taking office, President Barack Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have declared petroleum products public enemy number 1.
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You know, we don’t trot out this stuff as trophies
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the existence of a series of pictures on the White House website from Vice President Biden’s 2010 trip to Israel, describing him as being in ‘Jerusalem, Israel.’
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I’d be remiss if I didn’t congratulate The Huffington Post on their Pulitzer Prize ... You deserve it, Arianna. There’s no one else out there linking to the kinds of hard-hitting journalism that HuffPo is linking to every single day.
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The Department of Health and Human Services last week announced it had awarded a $5.9 million grant to a University of Chicago Medical Center program tied to Michelle Obama and run by Eric Whitaker, one of President Obama’s closest friends.
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I guess Governor Romney is feeling pretty good about things because he took a few hours off the other day to see The Hunger Games
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I don't want to be a lightning rod ... I don't want to be in the political dialogue. I have a job to do and I would do it with the same effort and same zeal whether there were a Republican or Democrat in the White House.
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In my first term I sang Al Green ... In my second term, I’m going with Young Jeezy.
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President Barack Obama's announcement that he now supports same-sex marriage came sooner than planned as a result of comments made by Vice President Joe Biden, he said in an interview broadcast Thursday.
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In my first term I sang Al Green ... In my second term, I’m going with Young Jeezy.
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I thought he already did. That’s what Joe Biden said. So he now agrees with his vice president. … I've disagreed with him on that position. I agreed with the old Barack Obama .
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There are better days ahead ... We will emerge stronger than we were before because I believe in you. I believe in your future.... that’s what drives me every single day—your hopes, your dreams.
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Vice President Joe Biden went where President Barack Obama hasn't yet gone: In support of same-sex marriage[.] ... quasi-endorsed same-sex marriage.
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Here’s a guy who raised taxes. That in and of itself would have rendered him unelectable in a Republican primary
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If the candidates for President this fall were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, and Libertarian Gary Johnson, who would you vote for?
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Women are not an interest group
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After consulting with prosecutors from the Department of Justice and Department of Defense and after thoroughly studying the case, it became clear to me that the best venue (was) federal court. I stand by that decision.
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Republican criticism of him for eating dog meat while a boy in Indonesia.
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