Obama selects Joe Biden

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Deckard

Oh and this was predictable too...

The McCain camp called the choice of Mr Biden an admission by Barack Obama that he was not ready to be president. "Biden has denounced Barack Obama's poor foreign policy judgement and has strongly argued in his own words what Americans are quickly realising - that Barack Obama is not ready to be president," McCain campaign spokesman Ben Porritt said in a statement.

I don't know; to me, that just seems even more opportunistic and ungracious than even I expected from them.

What's strange to me about this line of attack is that isn't Romney the most likely VP for McCain, or at least one of them? So if he picks Romney, won't there be a wealth of comments from when he was campaigning against McCain that the Democrats could use exactly the same way? It just seems like the Republicans are setting themselves up on this one...

Originally Posted by Deckard

I fear that's going to be one of the problems that this choice highlights - people will be wondering why the experienced, and somewhat more reassuring guy - the (if you'll excuse the phony phrase) commander-in-chief - isn't the one at the top of the ticket. (Do people really generally vote for them as teams, joint strengths?) Not to mention people are already drawing the comparison between Obama's desire to separate himself from Washington insiders, and, umm, this Washington insider.

I'm guessing that they'll begin addressing much of this in their first joint appearance in a couple hours. It'll be interesting to see the plan of attack unfolding.

Originally Posted by cacophony

well you know i'm thrilled. he was my presidential choice and i've finally gone from lukewarm about this election to hopeful.

Yeah, I always associate Biden with you since you were the first one who really drew my attention to him earlier in the primaries. I figured you'd be pleased.