If You're the Vice President, Can You Still Be the Underdog?
According to an email that landed in my inbox this afternoon, scrappy Joe Biden is Fighting the Power on health care reform:
We've got a fight on our hands. Powerful insurance companies are pulling out all the stops to defeat the President's plan for health reform. They're spending seven million bucks a week on lobbyists, blanketing the country with deceptive TV ads, and just funded two high-profile "reports" to distort what reform would mean for you.
Whining about media spending by the other side seems like it's in bad taste when your boss can take over the nation's airwaves for a 47-minute speech defending your position. (Well, to be fair, the other side did get two words in that day):