Biden Will Not Be a Cheney

Congratulations to Joe Biden for finding a job where he earns praises for promising to do less. The Vice President-elect plans on "restoring the Office of the Vice President to its historical role" of advising the president and casting tie-breaking Senate votes, a Biden aide told Politico. Congress will be more than happy to oblige him: A report in the Las Vegas Sun says that Biden will be barred from attending Democrats' weekly Senate meetings. This is all part of an effort to remove the taint of Dick Cheney from both the Vice President's office and the Senate, where his influence was "unmatched in modern presidential history." According to some critics, "Cheney's presence helped create an atmosphere in which many Republicans favored party unity above congressional independence from the executive branch."