Obama War Room: Grapes of Roth
by Steve Grammatico



JOE BIDEN: Man, the wingnuts smoked us in midterms.

OBAMA: Yeah, they kicked our butts all right. Hey, I’m craving a cigarette. Anybody got one?

BIDEN: A cryin’ shame, Boss. Like you said last week, Boehner’ll drive the budget bus while we’re sittin’ in back scratchin’ our . . . .

OBAMA: Didn’t say that, Joe. Said I was “itching for a fight.â€