Even when he ‘clarifies’ he leaves hysterical quotes behind:

Joe Biden called Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) to clarify his “clean” comment to the New York Observer, Biden told reporters in a conference call this afternoon. Biden said Obama told him: “You don’t have to explain anything to me. I know exactly what you meant.”

There is some debate about the appropriate use of commas in the sentence, but that is like arguing over whether Biden’s a Huge Idiot or a Really Huge Idiot. You can’t separate with a comma the comparison made between African-Americans in general and Obama specifically. It’s not about whether he’s the first mainstream black candidate-that’s debateable and is akin to how many angels are on that pin over there–it’s the language that is supposedly contrasting to all candidates, but uniquely chosen examples of stereotypes of black candidates.

Is Biden a huge racist? Probably not, but he’s a goof with verbal diarrhea and an uncanny ability to be completely tone deaf. I point out the point he makes above that reads like a Petey Labarbera line thinking something is making him look better, but makes any person paying attention laugh hysterically. Obama probably was being gracious, but it doesn’t matter when you put it that way.

Finally, nice roll out day–calling a colleague and competitor and taking press questions on that all day.