Dana Milbank and Karen Tumulty profile the muzzling of Joe Biden. Both stories are a good example of how modern political campaigns in America literally suck most of the life and color out of even the most interesting and/or engaging people and turn them into teleprompter-driven androids.

I've said this before but it bears repeating: one of the great ironies this year is that despite - or pehraps because of - the Internets, YouTube, and the rabid 24-7 media beast that has obliterated the news cycle and produced more coverage than ever before, we've been living through what is arguably the least spontaneous presidential race in history.