What Should Obama Do With Biden?

     We saw Joe Biden's name everywhere for a good year or so during the campaigning for the presidential election right under Barack Obama on signs, television ads, magazines, and newspapers around the country.  Now however, his name is starting to become overshadowed by the other appointees in Obama's new administration such as Hillary Clinton, Rahm Emanuel, and Robert Gates and people are wondering what he will do during Obama's first term as President.  One major area that Biden should and could have a lot of influence in is with the Senate.  Since he has so many friends there and has been around long enough to create strong bonds with varying groups of people, Biden will be able to help Rahm Emanuel unify the Senate and the Democratic legislators when it comes around to policy-making time.  Biden will be able to assert himself in a comfortable enough position within the Obama administration to have the power to give his opinion and use his resources, but he will also most likely not get out of control and try to exaggerate his position's importance like Dick Cheney.  

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/10/zelizer.biden/

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/02/biden.index.html#cnnSTCText