Joe Lunchpail (Biden) . . . not exactly

Here's some great reporting from the New York Times about Joe Biden's "everyman" image.

It is an interesting read, and it demonstrates how Joe Biden is rather like every other Senator or Congressman in enjoying perks not available to the little people. ("An Everyman on the Trail, With Perks at Home" - NYTimes.com).

Obama and Biden folks will certainly have a reverse spin on this report, and there is typically a legitimate "other" side to the story. But it is ironic that in 1996 Biden sold--through "word of mouth," his "manor" at a premium ($1.2 million to a politically connected and interested buyer) and then purchased four acres of lakefront property at a "wholesale price" because "the real estate market was soft." Sure.