VP-elect Biden sworn in for 7th Senate term

[Robbien]

Source: AP


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate put Washington's massive shift of power on public display Tuesday when senators convened for the opening of the 111th session of Congress.

There, for example, was a tanned and grinning Vice President-elect Joe Biden, who — bizarrely — was sworn in to a seventh Senate term. He'll resign from the Senate before he's sworn into the higher office with President-elect Barack Obama at the end of the month, ending eight years of the Republican Bush administration.

Biden brought the biggest Bible — an ancient, leather-bound volume about six inches thick. He held it by his side as the man he'll succeed, Vice President Dick Cheney, swore him in to the Senate.

And in the back of the chamber, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton, still the junior senator from New York, chatted quietly with her seatmate, interior secretary-designate Ken Salazar of Colorado.

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[ogneopasno]

1. "Bizarrely"? Once again reminding us that you can't spell CRAP without AP.

[onehandle]

2. I'll tell you what's bizarre.

A human cyborg vice-president with a man-sized safe in his office.

[Wizard777]

3. Up next. Finding an even bigger law book to throw at Cheney.

[Muttocracy]

4. they can't even get the basics right - Jill held their Bible

http://c-span.org/Watch/watch.aspx?MediaId=HP-A-14030

and yeah, he and his wife took a vacation in a warm place for the holidays. Did they call Cheney pale and grumpy?

[MiniMe]

5. LOL, Levin wanted Biden in his picture. I wonder if Joe was thinking...

your house will be mine while he was shaking hands with Darth Cheney.