Posted on Thursday, Mar. 05, 2009

Vice President Joe Biden in Miami: We're committed to middle class

By ALFONSO CHARDY AND EVAN S. BENN

Vice President Joe Biden told a group of labor leaders Thursday at Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Resort that he and the president are committed to helping U.S. workers and the middle class.

''We will judge the success or failure of our administration based on whether or not the standard of living of the middle class has increased,'' Biden said to the AFL-CIO Executive Committee plus about a hundred other labor supporters. ``Neither one of us believes it can get better without you getting stronger.''

After Miami Beach, Biden headed to a site just east of Miami International Airport where the Florida Department of Transportation is overseeing construction of a massive $1.7-billion transportation hub known as Miami Intermodal Center or MIC.