Before Speech, Biden and Boehner Talk About ...

Yep, golf, as hot mic reveals
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 10, 2011 12:38 PM CDT

Moments before President Obama's big jobs speech, a hot mic caught a private conversation between John Boehner and Joe Biden. Secret strategy? Tense words? Nope, just golf, and a lot of it, as Boehner regales with tales of a recent outing. Also: Boehner greeted Biden by joking, "I'm one of those barbarians," a reference to a Biden speech in which he suggested Republicans and Tea Party members were "barbarians at the gate," explains CBS. (More Joe Biden stories.)

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