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Joe Biden, Barack Obama's vice-presidential running mate, has become a potent electoral weapon – reaching the parts of the country where a Harvard-educated black man is treated with some wariness. By Toby Harnden in Rochester, New Hampshire US Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden greets supporters at a rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania Photo: GETTY IMAGES But Mr Biden is far from a traditional attack dog. Nicknamed "Joe Blow", he is more of a one-man Blarney machine, generating a blizzard of words, some cruel but many tinged with kindness, aimed at his opponent and long-time Senate friend John McCain. In a half-hour speech the Democrat, who has honed his oratory during 36 years in the Senate, used "literally" nine times and "ladies and gentlemen" eight, along with a liberal sprinkling of "frankly", "seriously" and... [read full story]
