Imagine going down to the gym, and running into Joe..

[jillan]

When USA TODAY's Kathy Kiely went down to the fitness center at her Chicago hotel this morning, there was Vice-president elect Joe Biden. She files these notes;

Biden seemed to be trying to stay incognito with a tan New Mexico baseball cap pulled low over his brow, but your correspondent outed him with a cheery "good morning senator." He said he was trying to work off 6 pounds gained during the campaign but looked fit in black sweats and a grey Army t-shirt.

The Delaware senator raved about future first lady Michelle Obama, calling her "the most impressive person I've met in 35 years."

"I like him. I LOVE her," he said of the Obamas.

Of his own future, Biden joked that he's looking forward to "my first crack at public housing."
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Black sweats and a t-shirt....someone get me some cold water - quick ;)

Wow - both Joe and Jill are really impressed with Michelle.

[Muttocracy]

1. oh, that's cute - 36 years as a Senator and now public housing

get the guy a real job :P

[PatSeg]

4. What a freeloader!

Welfare King!

[Muttocracy]

2. and by the way - I bet it's from all the ice cream :-D

[Jennicut]

7. OMG-it is so from the ice cream, the man is an ice creamaholic

And I think its adorable that he loves Michelle. That is going to be a sweet friendship. :)

[CrispyQ]

10. How cool to have a team that really likes & respects each other,

not just a team chosen for the voters they would appeal to!

I love that our two leading men have such great relationships with their spouses!

[PatSeg]

3. I heard a professor from Harvard

on TV (Charlie Rose, I think) talking about teaching Michelle and Barack. He said they both were impressive, but it was Michelle that he saw going all the way to the top. He saw Barack as a future mayor, not future president! Interesting perspective.

[jillan]

5. That is interesting.

I hope we get the opportunity to learn more about her.

I really don't know much about her other than her career and that she is a fantastic mother and wife, and a fashionista :)

[PatSeg]

6. I think she's going to be an exceptional influence on her

husband! This is going to be fun.

I'm watching Obama's roast of Rahm Emanuel from 2005. It is hysterical!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=palA9Oo2Cpo

[jillan]

8. That was funny - especially about his finger.

Surprising to see Axelrod there.
I didn't realize that they went back that far.

[PatSeg]

9. And Emanuel's face was beet red!

It was priceless.

[Jennicut]

11. The roast was too funny. Barack really had me laughing.

And the finger, very strange fact about Rahm.

[PatSeg]

12. I laughed out loud numerous times!

Good stuff!