Barney Frank: Biden can't keep his mouth shut or his hands to himself

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Speaking to Larry King on his new show, "PoliticKING with Larry King," former Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) had some interesting thoughts on Vice President Joe Biden's prospects for 2016:

Joe is his own worst enemy. He’s a very bright guy, very good values. But he just — he can’t keep his mouth shut or his hands to himself. It’s out of good intentions, but I think he has unfortunately diminished people’s perception of his abilities. [Politico]

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.