Joe Biden May Have Nodded Off During Obama's Debt Speech

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Joe Biden May Have Nodded Off During Obama's Debt Speech

Hayden Hayden – Wed Apr 13, 4:14 pm ET

Today, President Obama countered GOP deficit reduction proposals by offering to

slash $4 trillion over the next twelve years in a heavily-hyped speech. And,

naturally, his right hand man, the Vice President, goes and changes the

narrative of the day from " who has a better vision for America's fiscal future "

to the easier to digest headline of " Hey, look, Biden is sleeping while the

president drones about an almost incomprehensible amount of money. "

Yep, Biden sure looks like he was asleep. Here's the ABC news video, screenshot

above, of the Vice President nodding off for a solid 30 seconds. As the network

noted, the woman behind him looks a little bit drowsy too:

Biden would not be the first member of the Obama Administration to nod off while

their boss talked. In 2009, his then chief economics advisor was snapped by a

Getty Images photographer apparently napping during a meeting about the economic

crisis.