"In the early days of the administration, aides said, Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton treated each other gingerly, using Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. as an informal go-between. 'Hillary would say to me, 'How do you think I should present this to the president?' Mr. Biden recalled in an interview. 'And I'd say, Whoa, just present it to him. And Barack would say, 'Does she know what a good job I think she's doing?' I'd say, Just tell her.'"
-The big long piece about the relationship between President Obama and Hilary Clinton that Mark Landler and Helene Cooper wrote in today's Times is a heartening, even heart-warming read. But journalists should stop deleting the word "man" from the beginning, middle and end of every sentence Joe Biden says. Just transcribe the guy verbatim.