Joseph Biden

News The end of an era

They don't make families -- or politicians, or liberals -- like Teddy and the Kennedys anymore
By Alan Wolfe Aug 27, 2009

  • What the White House knew about Souter

    Justice David Souter's upcoming departure wasn't entirely a secret in Washington. The administration had already started planning for a Supreme Court vacancy before the news broke.
    By Mike Madden May 2, 2009

  • Obama takes the Abe train

    In the last moment before hope collides with the awesome task ahead, the president-elect retraces Lincoln's historic rail journey to Washington.
    By Rebecca Traister January 18, 2009

  • Can't we all just get along?

    As Biden and Clinton say goodbye, the Senate's Democratic majority girds for ... collegiality.
    By Mike Madden January 16, 2009

  • Joe who?

    The loneliness of the vice president-elect.
    By Gabriel Winant December 2, 2008

  • Biden aide appointed to Senate

    Ted Kaufman, a longtime aide to Joe Biden, will replace his old boss in the Senate, but is he just keeping Beau Biden's seat warm?
    By Gabriel Winant November 24, 2008

  • More than 125,000 witness history in Chicago

    The "first post-baby boomer" president and an enormous supporting cast celebrate Barack Obama's victory in Grant Park.
    By Edward McClelland November 5, 2008

  • Sarah Palin: "The time for choosin's comin' real soon"

    The Republican base greets its true leader in small-town Pennsylvania. And hits me with a car.
    By Rebecca Traister October 31, 2008

  • Election by sound bite

    Obsessed by "lipstick on a pig," economic "free fall" and other "great stories," America has failed to see the real challenges it faces.
    By Joan Didion October 17, 2008

  • The GOP goes back to its ugly roots

    McCain is resurrecting the GOP's oldest tactic: Smearing Obama as a scary black terrorist sympathizer. But he may meet the same fate as Barry Goldwater.
    By Gary Kamiya October 7, 2008

  • The Word from Wasilla

    Sarah Palin's Pentecostal supporters in Alaska hail her debate performance and her rise to the national stage as the work of God.
    By Deirdre English and Gail Sheehy October 3, 2008

  • Sarah Palin exceeds expectations -- and still loses

    Debating Joe Biden, Palin avoids another train wreck, delivering Republican talking points with robotic determination. But she also fails to convince undecided voters to stop their movement toward Obama.
    By Mike Madden October 3, 2008

  • How do you solve a problem like Sarah Palin?

    The Alaska governor has become a drag on her ticket; strategists who've worked with vice presidents and hopefuls on both sides offer advice on how to relaunch the Palin brand.
    By Alex Koppelman and Gabriel Winant October 2, 2008

  • Clinton: Yes, we can fix the economy

    Back on the campaign trail in Michigan, this time for Obama, Hillary Clinton urged her former supporters to get behind the Democratic ticket.
    By Mike Madden September 28, 2008

  • The dominatrix

    Sarah Palin is trying to seduce independent voters. But she comes across like a whip-wielding mistress who wants to discipline a naughty America.
    By Gary Kamiya September 9, 2008

  • Biden -- and Kerry and Clinton -- go on the attack

    Before Barack Obama's surprise appearance, a tag team of Democrats, including Bill Clinton, piles on John McCain. And Joe Biden, Rove-style, goes right for McCain's supposed strength.
    By Walter Shapiro August 28, 2008

  • What makes Biden Biden?

    The moral backbone that led the V.P. nominee to stand up to Milosevic and pass the Violence Against Women Act was bred into him by his father.
    By Norman Kurz August 27, 2008

  • Biden's mission

    All signs are that Joe Biden won't back away from the job ahead of him -- combat with John McCain.
    By Walter Shapiro August 26, 2008

  • Nobody's yes man

    By picking Joseph Biden as his running mate, Barack Obama chooses experience over hope.
    By Walter Shapiro August 23, 2008

  • Could be Biden time

    He's got experience, foreign relations chops, and a moving personal story. Is Joe Biden near the top of Barack Obama's veep list?
    By Walter Shapiro July 2, 2008

  • How Barack Obama swept to victory in Iowa

    In three different Des Moines precincts, a vote-by-vote account of how the Obama wave built.
    By Mike Madden, Walter Shapiro and Joan Walsh January 4, 2008

  • Deal or no deal?

    Rumors fly about Bill Richardson and Joe Biden throwing support to Barack Obama. Don't believe them, the long shots say.
    By Mike Madden January 3, 2008

  • John Edwards faces his day of reckoning

    Iowa is either the beginning or the end for the 2004 vice-presidential nominee, who has more to gain and more to lose than his two chief rivals.
    By Walter Shapiro January 3, 2008

  • Caucus for Biden, or he may kiss you!

    Biden pushes for a strong finish in Iowa, but will his supporters stick by him?
    By Mike Madden December 30, 2007

  • Which Democrat is a winner?

    With the Iowa caucuses looming, victory-hungry Democrats want to know -- who is the most "electable"? Here's our best (totally wild) guess as to how each candidate might fare in November.
    By Walter Shapiro December 29, 2007
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