Joe Biden Comes to Town

Yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden visited the University of Louisville at the Brown and Williamson Club in Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. While the Vice President was scheduled to speak at 11:30 AM, he was delayed by the breaking news of a VP in Egypt announcing that Hosni Mubarak was stepping down as President of Egypt.

Around 12, Biden began his speech. The speech ranged from talking about Egypt to the promise of America's Generation Y. Perhaps the most inspiring portion of the speech came when Biden looked dirdtly into the cameras and called on the people of Iran. "I say to our Iranian friends, let your people march, let your people speak, release your people from jail, let them have a voice".

The private session after the speech was just as lively with scholars engaging the VP on an even wider range of subjects. Senior Chelsey Hall said that Biden was certainly a man with "a heart for the American People". VP Biden was open and lively with the Scholars, making jokes and using his charisma to form a very familiar connection with them.

Senior Ross Smith said Biden was "congenial, candid, respectable, and pretty funny". Well said, Ross. Wishing you the best from the McConnell Center, Joe. As for me, while still we disagree on a lot, your congeniality has moved you up a few notches in my book.