On the campaign trail with sinking Ohio Democrat Gov. Ted Strickland today, VP Joe Biden claimed he was “second” in the line for succession to the presidency. CBS veteran political reporter Mark Knoller noted the flub on Twitter. But it somehow didn’t make any of the other news coverage of his appearances.

Bidenrrhea of the mouth from the increasingly erratic, super–gaffetastic former Senator from Delaware has always gotten an MSM pass.

If he were a brown-haired Republican woman, of course, this would be leading the nightly news…