Why Hasn't Joe Biden Resigned His Senate Seat?

Does he have some fear of not being sworn in as VP? Is that why he hasn't resigned? Is that what he said...I was going to say that it is kind of hard to read between the lines, but it's kind of hard to read the lines, maybe if I go spin in circles for a while and then read it....

No, he said that his vote might have been needed in THIS session of the Senate. That's all. Why does everyone try to parse every word anyone says to the media. Sometimes a word is just a word.

No, he said that his vote might have been needed in THIS session of the Senate. That's all. Why does everyone try to parse every word anyone says to the media. Sometimes a word is just a word.

... and, sometimes, it's two sets of words.

He's waiting for his VP job confirmation letter.

He's just waiting for his VP job confirmation letter.

His pension will be bigger

OMG! George....what are we watching here? An interview with the next VPOTUS or a softball tournament? 2 puppies????

Why don't you ask some real questions of this guy? Like how come he can put his foot in his mouth and get away with it but Palin get's a body cavity search when she lets out a doozy? How can Obama be considered an agent of change when he hooks up with one of the oldest most ingrown members of the DC political machine? Where was Biden when everything we hate about DC was going on.....right in the middle of it....

George you never have been a journalist. You are an advocate for a position......RESIGN!!!!

for the record: I am not a republican. I am not a right wing nut. I hate GW and I did not vote for McCain/Palin....so relax Obama-bots....this is not the Cultural Revolution as per China 1969!!! Go wave you little Red Obama Party Books at someone else.....

George!

Bottom line: You are not a journalist.

What a bunch of softball BS!!!!!

Relax Obama-bots....I am Not a Republican or a Palin supporter.....just someone who is shocked at the lack of objectivity in the media when it comes to Obama.....

He wants to talk out of both sides of his mouth!

He did not want to be out of government officially since Barack was no longer a Senator and was afraid the Repubs would do some last minute "bad things" he could stop foreign policywise if needed. Barack needed intel on the Congress till the last minute he could not get otherwise, and he needed someone also to make sure Senator Shelby did not move Detroit to Shanghai. Other than that, no reason.

Isn't the question why did Obama resign as soon as he did? Did anyone ever ask him that? After all, he didn't have to and he left the people of Illinois with only one Senator-not that the people of Illinois have ever been a concern for him. Did he want to avoid having to cast a vote? That would be so out-of-character! LOL!

Biden is simply doing what most VP-elects and president-selects have done in the past.

Governor Minner has already named Ted Kaufman as his successor. Ted works for Biden(19years) so the horsecrap about votes is nonsense. He is horsetrading to leave the possibility of his son running for the seat in 2010.

What is with the dynasty stuff coming out of the Democratic party? Caroline Kennedy does not deserve the seat just because she is a Kennedy. There has been a Kennedy in the Senate since 1952. Enough is enough. Between the Bushs, Clintons, and Kennedys they have fostered this air of entitlement to office. Now Biden wants to jump in.

Hillary hasn't resigned her seat either. Maybe they are not confident their new offices will materialize.

So if his voted might be needed - then Senator Obama's vote is not needed - since Obama resigned his Senate seat.

So Biden's vote is more important than Obama's vote?

Anyone in Biden's position, with the potentially key legislation that recently came before the Senate would have done the same thing.

Obama is in a different position because he has to select members of his administration and Senatorial duties would have been too distracting.

But that's not the vice president's job except when the president is a "manufactured personality" and a figurehead for special interests. Then you get a behind the scenes handler like Cheney. As Robert Draper, author of the insider book "Dead Certain" said on the Charlie Rose show: "Bush is 'the decider', but Cheney provides the menu from which he decides."

I do believe that Senator Biden was simply following the standard tradition of waiting for the electoral college confirmation. Is there anything wrong with that?

Duh! Because the days of the public service when officials voluntarily relinquishing power are long over and the days of self service are here to stay. People gripe about corporate CEOs and executives but the professional politicians are just as bad, if not worse.

Who freakin' cares --Biden is the VP, he'll resign his seat when he thinks it's appropriate.

Geez, the nation's financial system in near collapse; major sectors of the economy are begging for bailouts; we have the highest national debt in history; the next administration will inherit two wars; the deficit is a trillion dollars; unemployment is skyrocketing; about a third of people in the country owe more on their houses than they are worth...and we're asking why a guy hasn't resigned from the senate yet?

Pespective folks, perspective!

creeper (11:25 AM); Hillary is definitely playing her cards close to the chest after the Clinton Foundation finally released it's contributor list.

Joe Biden is the first insane VP we have elected!!! Yes, Cheney is a raving war hawk but Biden belongs in the nut house! Then again, maybe straight shooter Joe is positioning his son to take over his seat-if Kennedy is entitled to New York, isn't a Biden entitled to Delaware or a Bush entitled to Washington. Come on Dems, stop lying your behinds off and expose the corruption in your party as well as the republicans because America is teetering on the brink of collapse due to the corruption in both parties and Wall Street! The good innocent Americans deserve better than democratic or republican slime!!!!!

24/7 news media has too much space with too few stories. In the last decade they've bcom masters at making stories out of non-stories. Hey, how about another 1000 hours on that little Caylee girl? The funny thing is when folks in the 'legitimate' think they 'better' than Joe Sixpack's blog.

Biden's replacement has beenappointed, Hillary's hasn't. Joe wants to put the seat under the tree for little Biden.

This man cannot state a complete coherent sentence! What is it he is trying to say?

The point they're getting at-- is the growing investigation concerning Obama's initial qualifying details to be President. Biden doesn't see a VP future with President McCain.