THREE MARTINI LUNCH: OCTOBER 6, 2014

National Review's Jim Geraghty joins guest host Brett Winterble. Today's topics: David Axelrod says Obama made a mistake saying his policies are on the ballot in the 2014 midterms; Elijah Cummings says most blacks think the Secret Service is not protecting Obama as much as they would a white president; and Joe Biden goes on a marathon apology tour.



On Nov. 4, Joe Biden Could Become the Most Powerful Man in the World

Vice President Joe Biden is a complete idiot. That truth, reinforced by a string of recent foreign policy gaffes, is supported by evidence too great to summarize in one article. Suffice it to say that Uncle Joe's incompetence is stipulated by all political parties. He apparently believes he still has a shot to be President. There is no chance of that--but on Nov. 4, Biden could suddenly become the most powerful man in the U.S., and therefore the world.

That is because the fight for control of the U.S. Senate is shaping up to be far closer than it ought to be, in a year when President Barack Obama's approval rating hovers in the 30s and Democrats must defend several Senate seats in states won by Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. Weak incumbent Kay Hagan is hanging on in North Carolina; in Kansas, of all places, a Democrat-leaning independent may unseat the GOP's Pat Roberts.

If Democrats can hang onto four toss-up seats, but no more than that, the Senate that emerges on Election Day will be deadlocked in a 50-50 split between Republicans and Democrats (including three independents that caucus with Democrats). According to the U.S. Constitution (Article 1, Section 3), the Vice President "shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided"--i.e. if there is a tie...

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