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BIDEN: 'I'M A POLITICAN, AND AM PROUD OF IT!' Pool Report 6-15-10 Sam Youngman White House correspondent The Hill "I'm a politician, and I'm proud of it." -- VPOTUS VPOTUS addressed a small crowd of Democratic supporters and MOC at the end of the DCCC's issues conference at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium here in DC. DCCC Chairman Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) introduced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to the less than 100 gathered. CVH said "the vice president has been working hand in hand with us to make sure we maintain that majority to work with himself and the president." Other MOC spotted: Dem Reps. Allyson Schwartz (Pa.), Silvestre Reyes (Texas), Jim Clyburn (S.C.), Bruce Braley (Iowa), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), Steve Israel (N.Y.), Nita Lowey (N.Y.), Nick Lampson (Texas) and Norm Dicks (Wash.). Apologies if someone was missed. Pelosi introduced VPOTUS as "the new sheriff in town." Said she thinks of him as "the All-American boy," before repeating the word "boy" followed by a long, awkward pause. Pelosi said the Obama administration has already saved or created 2.8 million jobs. Said that number will be 3.7 million by end of year. Said the admin has "already created more jobs than in the eight years of the Bush administration." VPOTUS came in with his usual flourish of self-deprecating jokes. Said he has been to campaign in 40 House races -- "They were all winning when I go there, and I made Chris's job a lot harder." VPOTUS then alternated between listing admin's accomplishments and lauding Pelosi, one of the best legislators he has ever seen. Went on at length about the "God-awful mess" he and POTUS inherited. Said he used to call Bush "Houdini" for turning surpluses into deficits. After quite a bit of that, VPOTUS said: "We couldn't dwell on the past. That's not how we got elected. The American people don't want to hear about what we inherited and how tough it is." VPOTUS praised House Dems for their "gumption and courage," making "votes that are quite frankly hard to explain" to a nation of more than 300 million. Pledged that if politicians will do what's in the country's best interest, America's best days are ahead. "That's not Ronald Regan sunshine in America. That's literally, literally true." VPOTUS returned to talking about how bad the economy was when they took office, saying one of the "first serious discussions Barack and I sat in on" in Chicago, they were discussing whether POTUS would have to declare a bank holiday after he was sworn in. Back to Pelosi praise, saying healthcare was dead "but like the Lord had Lazarus rise up and pick up his bed..." Credited Pelosi for passing stimulus and healthcare, drew some chuckles on the latter when saying "that healthcare deal is every bit as big a deal as I said it was." When speaking of the House Dems, VPOTUS said "they all love, admire and respect Nancy Pelosi." Talked about the need to continue to make progress to ensure that the U.S. is top dog over China and India. "You might call that chauvenism. I call it a necessary reality." Talked about banks paying back their loans and GM starting to do the same. Admonished the crowd, "if all of you in this room would drive American cars, and only American cars, they could pay back that loan a lot quicker." On Iraq, "Politics has broken out." On Iran, "We reached out our hand. It got slapped back." On the Gulf, VPOTUS wouldn't step on POTUS's Oval address, but he did say one WH official joked "it would be nice if we had to clean up a disaster we made." Said that Republicans "success rests in our failure," and as they are "egged on by tea partiers," compromise has become a "dirty word" and working with POTUS and Pelosi has become a "dirty deed." Pledged Democratic wins in November: "To paraphrase Samuel Clemens, the reports of our demise are premature." |
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