August 23, 2008
It's Biden
Biden, 65, is a veteran of more than three decades in the Senate, and one of his party's leading experts on foreign policy, an area in which polls indicate Obama needs help in his race against Republican rival John McCain.The official who spoke did so on condition of anonymity, saying they did not want to pre-empt a text-message announcement the Obama campaign promised for Saturday morning.
Do you think? 2008 Posted by AlexC at August 23, 2008 1:08 AM
Wow! You keep people waiting for 36 hours and you give them Senator Biden!
I think this is a great day to be a Republican. Biden is a walking, talking, talking, gaffe machine ("I'm more intelligent than you!") who does not posess Senator Obama's cool charisma.
Biden is also about as conventional Washington traditional Democrat as they come. If Senator Joe is hope and change, I'm a finalist on Dancing with the Stars!
Posted by: jk at August 23, 2008 12:14 PMBiden's high water mark in the Democratic primary was 4%. If he can't get his own party juiced, how well will he do with the rest? Some pundits speculated about various "Hail Mary" VP choice. Well, to stick with the football metaphors, this one is "three yards and a cloud of dust."
The Dems have been running against an "old wrinkly white guy." So who does Obama pick for VP to give the ticket credibility? An old wrinkly white guy.
The goods news with Biden is that The Refugee and Friends will hear lots of outstanding speeches from him - even if they aren't his own.
Posted by: Boulder Refugee at August 25, 2008 11:45 AM | What do you think? [2]