Obama chose long winded Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, an eastern liberal, as his vice presidential running mate. Isn't Biden the man who had, "denounced Barack Obama's poor foreign policy judgment and had strongly argued in his own words what Americans are quickly realizing — that Barack Obama is not ready to be president." Later when asked; Biden said he would stand by his earlier statement that Obama was not ready to serve as president in an ABC interview. In the same interview last year, Biden also said, "the presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training." Guess he changed his mind!
Isn't he the fellow who said, "I am not running for vice president," in a Fox interview. "I would not accept it if anyone offered it to me. The fact of the matter is I'd rather stay as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee than be vice president." Isn't he also the fellow who stumbled on the first day of his race for the 2008 presidential Democratic nomination, apologizing for having described Obama as "clean." It was Biden's second try for the White House. The first ended badly in 1988 when he was caught lifting lines from a speech by British Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock.
We all know that politics makes for "strange bedfellow." Biden may appeal to insider Democrats but out here in the heartland, is doesn't mean much. I can't see that his being the one picked will sway many voters who don't now support Obama. In parting all I can say is, "Thanks goodness it wasn't Hillary." She need not be associated with a failing campaign. Make ready for 2012.
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