Obama Campaign Rejects Claim Biden May Be Replaced by Cuomo on 2012 Ticket

Vice President Joe Biden is on the 2012 re-election ticket, President Obama's aides said Tuesday after a report that the campaign was looking to replace him with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The New York Post reported that Cuomo, who was elected governor in November 2010, is having a great year. Some in the state GOP even say he'd be an asset to the president.

"I don't think there's any doubt Obama is going to pick him as his running mate. The president is in trouble and Biden doesn't bring anything to his ticket," said William Powers, a former New York Republican Party chairman, according to The Post.

But the claims that Cuomo will be called up to serve may just be a trial balloon put forth by those who'd like to see him in the vice president role, or to see Biden removed.

Rumors of mid-campaign replacements are usually just that. Cuomo, however, has not denied an interest in higher office, and was noticeably quiet after predictions were made last week that he could run for president in 2016.

Biden may not be out on his nose if a replacement is made. He could take Hillary Clinton's position as secretary of state. She has previously indicated she's nearly ready to retire from the fast-moving position as the nation's top diplomat.

A source familiar with Cuomo's thinking jokingly told The New York Post that if the president called, "He won't answer." While some voters might be annoyed to have him leave New York only two years into his four-year term, Cuomo might also have little incentive to run for vice president, especially if Obama were to lose.

Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe reveals battle with alcohol

By Natalie Abrams,

In a new interview with GQ U.K., Daniel Radcliffe said he became "so reliant" on alcohol to get him through the later years of filming the Harry Potter films.

"I became so reliant on alcohol to enjoy stuff," Radcliffe told the magazine, according to a transcript from The Daily Mail. "There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me."

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Radcliffe, who's currently starring on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, said he gave up drinking last August. "As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time, that doesn't work for me," he said.

The 21-year-old actor said he's now able to enjoy spending more time with his girlfriend without "f------ up totally all the time." More importantly, he said that he's fortunate no paparazzi were able to snap a shot of him drinking. "I really got away with that because there were many instances when a paparazzi shot like that could have been taken."

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 hits theaters July 15.

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