SAY IT'S SO, JOE:

A more buttoned-up Biden (Mike Memoli and Carrie Dann, 8/21/08, NBC: First Reads)

The Joe Biden of stakeouts past -- the one who handed out bagels and willingly stopped for quick chats -- is gone. A man who seemed to relish the attention of the press during the first two days of the veep vigil is now all business and acting, dare we say, more vice presidential.

News crews have had only brief sightings of the Delaware senator today. Instead of driving his pickup truck, Biden rode shotgun as he left his house in the car of a staffer this morning. Seen in more formal attire, Biden headed downtown to seemingly run errands, talking often on the phone as he went.

If you think we on the Right are looking forward to this, just consider another angle: all those PC comics who are afraid to dis the Unicorn Rider because they might seem racist will just unload their pent up frustration on the bald white guy with the wicked case of verbal ebola.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 21, 2008 3:31 PM