The Odd Couple: Barack and Joe

Does anyone else think that Obama and Biden are getting unusually close in a short period of time? Via Jake Tapper

Biden asked. “There’s a gigantic – gigantic — difference between John McCain and Barack Obama, and between me and I suspect my vice presidential opponent. And that is that – “

The crowd laughed.

“Well there’s obvious differences,” Biden said, beginning to ham it up. “She’s good looking,” he said, laughing. “You know there’s obvious differences. But there’s a whole lot — “

A woman shouted: “you’re gorgeous!” to Biden.

“Where’s that person?” Biden asked. “Who said that? Who said that? Would you say that again for my wife?”

“You’re gorgeous!” the woman yelled.

“Oh, I tell you what, would you make sure Jill hears that?” Biden joked. “You know what I mean? I just want to make sure she hears that. I haven’t heard that in a long, long, long time. And hanging out with this lean, young-looking guy is making me feel pretty old, you know what I mean?”

Biden continued his riff. “I thought I was in pretty good shape ’till [sic] I hung out with this guy, you know what I mean?”

“Joe’s looking good,” said Obama.

“Yeah, I’m looking good alright, I tell you what,” Biden said. “But look, folks, let me end with, on a serious note here. On a serious note — I was a pretty good football player, man,” he said to Obama “We oughta talk a little bit after this. Okay? –But look, on a very serious note …”

He then continued with his very serious note.

-Marc-