The Muzzling of Joe Biden

It has come to this: Sarah Palin is the candidate sent to speak freely in front of the public, while Joe Biden is kept on a short leash. According to The Times, Team Obama is so worried about another Biden gaffe that he has been confined to local media in Greenville, N.C., Danville, Va., and all kinds of villes in between. Biden no longer wanders into the press section of his plane and hasn’t given a press conference since September. On the plus side: His favorability ratings are 60 percent, 15 points higher than Palin’s.