Vice President Biden says all the loose chatter of Hillary Rodham Clinton replacing him on President Obama's ticket was frustrating, but not for his sake.
"The thing that annoys me about it is the implication of that that somehow President (Obama) is weak and he needs some kind of help," Biden told NBC's Meet The Press today. "That's not directed at me ... and it's unfair."
Biden said "President Clinton," but was quickly corrected by Meet The Press host David Gregory.
While some pundits theorized about a Clinton-for-Biden swap -- with the vice president becoming Secretary of State -- there was never any serious talk about it in the White House or Obama's re-election team.
Biden joked about it today, telling NBC "there's no way out" now because the campaign has "already printed Obama-Biden" signs.
The talk about Biden and Clinton is now shifting to whether either, or both, will seek the presidency in 2016.
Biden said he is not thinking about four years from now, but is focused instead on the current election.
One of his roles: Attack dog. On Meet The Press, Biden echoed his comments on the stump that Republican Mitt Romney would only repeat the policies of President George W. Bush:
"Here's the deal," Biden said. "What is Romney proposing? He's proposing, as to quote Bill Clinton, 'going back to the last policy of the last administration on steroids.' I mean, what is he talking about?"
