I am positively thrilled! My first choice! He's a great man with a lot of experience and an upfront and honest man. I couldn't be more pleased.

And it HAS now been confirmed. I got the email!

Obama/Biden '08!

I'm not sure its a good pick or not. On one hand, it should help Obama shore up his weaknesses on foreign policy at least somewhat.

On the other hand? Joe Biden has been in DC a very long time; 35 years. That presents a couple of possible problems for Obama. One, Obama has been beating the 'hope and change' theme like a dead horse. How is the selection of a career Washington politician representative of either one? That's a question that Obama will have to answer. Second, as I said, he's been there 35 years. Unlike Obama, there's an extensive paper trail of votes, particularly on social issues such as gun control, abortion and others. That could be a serious problem, although I'm going to have to research his positions further to know how much (I do know he authored the '94 assault weapons ban and has been pushing reauthorization; that IS going to be an issue).

As I've stated repeatedly in the last several months and reiterated yesterday, I also thought it could be problematic should Obama select a VP who's credentials badly overshadowed his own. That's what he just did. It'll be interesting to see how well it works when the VP appears to be, on paper, a much, much more qualified presidential candidate than the actual presidential candidate.

And finally, there's one more ominous fact for the Dems with this selection. No Dem ticket has won the presidency without a southerner on the ticket since Franklin Roosevelt in 1940, and even that was a bit of a unique case given Roosevelt's popularity after the previous 8 years. Prior to that? Woodrow Wilson, who served as governor of New Jersey (he was born in Virginia, however).

[edit on 23-8-2008 by vor78]

Have to wait and see how he impacts the campaign.


Also how he will overcome the negative things he said about Obama while he was running for President like the Johnny come lately comment?


Do you think that this pick will unite the Hillary people to Obama?

Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
I am positively thrilled! My first choice! He's a great man with a lot of experience and an upfront and honest man. I couldn't be more pleased.

And it HAS now been confirmed. I got the email!

Obama/Biden '08!

I know aint it great!

Im sorta glad they didnt pick Hillary.. urgh...

Regardless of who McCain chooses as his VP, Biden will smash them in a debate. He's a smooth and charasmatic guy who very well could take a lot of the focus off Obama.

Still, I don't want either of the Presidential hopefuls to be President, so it's really meaningless in the end.

Peace

Yeah but this now confirms Hillary is a woman scorned. As far as she's concerned, ot's open season on Obama at the Democratic National Convention. If she's got any cards to play as a last ditched effort for POTUS, you can bet she's going to play them next week.

I just couldn't be happier about this. Joe Biden was my first choice on day one. He has been "in Washington" for 35 years and yet he takes the amtrak back home to Delaware every night. It might be difficult to slant him as a "Washington Insider" when you consider that fact.

Joe Biden has been big on civil rights throughout his career and despite his short-comings regarding bankruptcy, his Violence Against Women Act will be hard for Hillary to deny her supporters.

Joe Biden absolutely speaks out of line, as much as McCain if not more. I think this will actually help to lessen the elitist spin convervative talk jocks have been laying down on Obama.

It'll be interesting to say the least.