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Vice President Joe Biden grabs a coney at Lafayette

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Sure, Vice President Joe Biden was here to talk politics, but afterward he found himself at Lafayette Coney Island, scarfing a coney dog. Looks like he's a Lafayette guy, sorry American Coney.

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Vice President Joe Biden came to Detroit today to raise money for a pair of Michigan Democrats in Congress, issue a progress report from the Obama administration and visit a landmark coney island restaurant.

The money and the hot dog were the easy part -- Biden raised an estimated $318,000 for freshman U.S. Reps. Gary Peters of Bloomfield Township and Mark Schauer of Battle Creek at back-to-back receptions at the MGM Grand Casino Hotel, and, with Gov. Jennifer Granholm, made quick work of a chili dog at the Lafayette Coney Island in downtown Detroit afterward.

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