Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s profile has been so low that one wonders whether he’s already checked into Dick Cheney’s bunker at the undisclosed location. As the Web site Politico put it, Biden “generates less buzz than the nonexistent first puppy.” Long a media hound, Biden has not spoken publicly since the election (as of last week) but appeared with President-elect Barack Obama at one news conference. Has Obama sidelined his running mate? Washington Post columnist David Ignatius called him the “incredible shrinking vice president-elect” and noted that “he can’t be happy at the idea of considering (Hillary) Clinton as foreign policy tsarina – wasn’t Biden’s foreign policy savvy the reason he was picked?”
Or is it just that much of Obama’s transition is happening in Chicago, meaning Biden’s role will grow after Inauguration Day? According to Politico, the pair have had weekly one-on-one lunches since the election, and Biden is otherwise advising Obama privately.
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