As the Obama VP pick nears, let me just say...Follow

But less than $20

Yeah, somewhere in that range.

Don't want to jinx it, but that would be nice. Er. Oh no! Not Biden! He'd make too strong and capable and non-attackable of a VP choice!!!

Just to be fair. IMO, the last person Obama needs as a VP is someone else who's viewed as just as much of a liberal nutjob as he is. If he were to pick from someone in Congress, it should be someone who's a bit more towards the center than Biden. If his campaign is seriously considering him, then they're more out of touch than I already thought.

You've just got to be seriously stuck in the middle of a Liberal echo chamber not to realize that an Obama ticket needs someone with experience who's viewed as a moderate by folks in the middle. I think they're looking too hard at state numbers and not enough at national numbers if he's even in the top 3.

Just to be fair. IMO, the last person Obama needs as a VP is someone else who's viewed as just as much of a liberal nutjob as he is. If he were to pick from someone in Congress, it should be someone who's a bit more towards the center than Biden. If his campaign is seriously considering him, then they're more out of touch than I already thought.

Biden's seen as a moderate by independent voters. You're right that it would be a stupid choice, but for the wrong reasons.

And I'm not so convinced of the "seen as a moderate" bit. I've seen this guy on Maher's show several time. He seems like quite the whackjob to me. He's the one with the stupid idea to split Iraq into three separate countries, right?

Indeed. I'm not a fan. I think he's funny to watch in a hearing, I don't think he does anything positive for Obama, and I don't think he possibly makes it 9 weeks without saying something stupid.

On the other hand, he's an amusing hatchet man. If they're looking for that, he might be the way to go.

It's Biden. I'm going to go throw up now, then call invite Bob Schrum over for dinner and punch him right in the balls. This why we lost elections, *******. People listen to you. Bang up job with Brown, too.

Obama and the Reverend Al Sharpton for the win!

if I were an evil text message spammer in russia or china I would totaly spam the crap out of the word tomorrow with "reply with username and password to recieve obama nomination text message" spam.

For those not familiar, the Washington Post ran two columns:
The case for Joe Biden
the case against Joe Biden

Personally, I think he was the best of a pretty mediocre lot. Clinton was never a serious choice. Bayh was a virtual unknown outside of Hoosierville. Kaine is young and doesn't add much to the ticket beyond hopes for a Virginia win and, as Edwards showed us, that's not guaranteed. Chet Edwards was less known than Bayh. Richardson pretty much dropped off the map and everyone says he'd be better in the Cabinet than as Veep.

At least Biden brings considerable weight in foreign matters, can act as a good attack dog and has strong blue collar Catholic credentials -- no one will be talking about his elitist upbringing, $400 haircuts, what kind of lettuce he prefers and how many houses he owns.

Obama picking Biden shows that Obama is not good at making big decisions. It is not too late for Hillary to make a convention comeback, do a little arm twisting and get a few delegates to jump ship. This is why the delegates vote for the candidate and it is not automatic once they win enough primaries, because things can change between primary time and the convention.

Well that is easy. She would choose Bill. The 22 amendment prevents him from being "elected" as president, it says nothing about being elected as VP or becoming president again by succession.

Personally, I think he was the best of a pretty mediocre lot.

Really? You do? Honestly. The best?


Kaine is young and doesn't add much to the ticket beyond hopes for a Virginia win and, as Edwards showed us, that's not guaranteed.

Edwards showed us Tim Kaine's impact on Virginia voters? Thanks, Gbaji!


At least Biden brings considerable weight in foreign matters, can act as a good attack dog and has strong blue collar Catholic credentials -- no one will be talking about his elitist upbringing, $400 haircuts, what kind of lettuce he prefers and how many houses he owns.

Oh thank goodness! For a brief moment there, I thought there might be an attack vector for the GOP to go after Biden. Phew!

This is a miniature disaster. Yes, the VP pick is close to meaningless, yes the Biden/Romney debates will be fun to watch. It's still a poor, poor choice. It'll emphasize Obama's inexperience and disenchant the kids. It'll open attacks on Biden's comments on race. "We're not saying that, Joe Biden said that". On the other hand the guy is terrible with money, so maybe that will appeal the the nine credit card having, upside on their home loan crowd.

Yup. Hey, feel free to make the case for someone else.

I would, but I don't follow politics.