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We'll hear a lot about Biden's loquaciousness in the next few days --- that Obama's VP pick has a penchant for talking ... and talking. He does. If that's his largest personal liability, I say, talk on.

Not much in the way of real news this weekend, but some tantalizing tidbits are among the developments worth noting...

While you were watching Heath Ledger's swan song as the Joker, cutting your lawn or hanging out at the pool over the weekend, politicians and those who watch them kept grinding on. Here are some developments -- and shenanigans -- you may have missed.

I was all set to join the chorus of commentators looking at Barack Obama's recent flip-flops and waffles and concluding, "Aha, you're just a typical politician after all." And then I read a column by Charlie Cook, who got me thinking in a different direction, as he often does.

Independent political activist groups, known as 527s for the tax code provision that governs them, are gaining ground. They're more numerous, wealthier, more organized and electronically savvier. And they are about to pounce on the body politic, unleashing a torrent of mostly negative ads to influence the presidential election. Keep your mute button near.