“I don’t think she could beat President Obama,” the vice president said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” this morning, “but she’s always underestimated, so I don’t think I should say any more.”

Biden’s words aren’t without grounding — at this point. A CNN poll released shortly after the election earlier in November found that Obama would best Palin in a hypothetical 2012 matchup. In that election, 52 percent of registered voters would re-elect Obama, while 44 percent would support Palin.