In fact, the Vice Presidential debate will probably be one of the highlights of the remainder of the campaign because Biden has the potential to all out embarrass whoever the poor Republican nominee is, with his breadth of knowledge and ability to completely dismantle his adversary’s arguments.

Two great videos show Joe at his best, ridiculing Rudy Guiliani during the Democratic Primary.

This first one, the more famous of the two, shows Biden savagely ripping Guiliani’s penchant for weaving in a reference to 9/11 no matter what he’s talking about:

This one, though, is my favorite. After his “noun, verb, and 9/11″ quip made headlines, Biden threw out this gem while talking to reporters during his short lived campaign in Iowa. The appropriate condescension in his voice is biting, but the look on his face after he says it in the last half second of the video is absolutely priceless:

That’s the reason virtually every Democrat was rooting for Biden in these final days, and why Republicans supporting John McCain were hoping for anyone else, as MSNBC’s First Read explains:

“On the Democratic side, it was a collective ‘phew.’ As the days got nearer for the pick, it was hard to find a Democrat — even savvy Clintonites — who weren’t hoping it would be Biden. Only the most strident Hillary supporters appear to be upset this morning. On the GOP side, the sound you heard was disappointed silence. Of everyone on the short list, the candidate many Republicans least wanted to see Obama pick was Biden.”

(videos via dailykos)