CURL: Biden fills vacationing Obama's void - Washington Times

Meanwhile, Mr. Obama has hosted a private White House dinner to celebrate Ramadan, a Muslim religious holiday (during which adherents are supposed to fast), played golf at Arlington's Army Navy Country Club (no press allowed), hit the beach on Martha's Vineyard (closed to press) and had dinner with his wife at the Sweet Life Cafe.

So with his boss out of town, Mr. Biden stepped up Thursday to deliver a speech heavy with superlatives about the administration's economic stimulus plan. "Today there's a growing consensus: The Recovery Act is, in fact, working."