I was interested in this “pool report” on a speech that Vice President Biden gave — it was before a group of Democrats at an “issues conference.” Let me point out three things. It’s not often you hear Ronald Reagan bad-mouthed these days, even by people who hated him when he was alive and working. According to the pool reporter, Biden “pledged that if politicians will do what’s in the country’s best interest, America’s best days are ahead.” Biden then said, “That’s not Ronald Reagan sunshine in America. That’s literally, literally true.” Sunshine in America, morning in America — whatever. (Maybe Biden was thinking of the “shining city on a hill,” too?) Nice to see that the Gipper can still get under their skin a little bit. And isn’t “That’s literally, literally true” a classic Biden line? Okay. Praising Speaker Pelosi, Biden said that Obamacare was dead, “but like the Lord had Lazarus rise up and pick up his bed . . .” Biden is confusing Biblical stories, but at least he’s in the ballpark, and that’s pretty good for Biden. He does better on the Bible, apparently, than Howard Dean. A final thing: Speaking to this insider group, Biden referred to the president as “Barack”: “Barack and I sat in on” this meeting. A tad bit condescending, I think. I wonder what he calls Obama one on one. Cheney, I believe, called George W. Bush “sir.”