OH, GOOD GRIEF: VP-elect Biden hopes to be a hands-on No. 2. “Vice President-elect Joe Biden was all smiles Thursday when he paid a courtesy call the man he will succeed, Dick Cheney. But he has insisted he wants to be nothing like him. . . . But even if he won’t acknowledge any similarities, there’s one way that Biden wants to be like Cheney – a strong partner in governing the country. Biden is proving to be a hands-on No. 2 to President-elect Barack Obama. He is carving out his own niche, specializing in foreign affairs, his area of expertise for decades in the Senate, and sticking close to Obama.” Hmm. Sounds pretty Cheney-like to me. Obviously he didn’t heed my warning.