"The Democratic Party had failed (in 1983) to remember what got us this far and how we got here ... The Party ... became perceived as little more than the broker of narrow special interests. Instead of thinking of ourselves as Americans first, Democrats second, and members of interest groups third, we have begun to think in terms of special interests first and the greater interest second..." — Joe Biden (Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics)
"We all know - or at least we are told continuously - that we are a divided people. And we know there's a degree of truth in it. We have too often allowed our differences to prevail among us. We have too often allowed ambitious men to play off those differences for political gain. We have too often retreated behind our differences when no one really tried to lead us beyond them." — Joe Biden, ibid.
"Does Olbermann think Vice President Biden should be dismissed from politics? Surely Olbermann believes Biden should repudiate his own part in amplifying violence and violent imagery in politics after he said he wanted to strangle the next Republican who talked about balancing the budget." -- Aaron Goldstein, American Spectator