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soulcamp said, (100 days ago)
If this guy isn't the right man to compliment Obama's soft-spoken campaign against McCain and his ridiculous foreign policies, I don't know who is:
Matthew... said, (100 days ago)
We discussed this really early on I think, but i totally agree Soul!
krissyjo said, (100 days ago)
I KNOW! I received a text from the Obama camp at 3am this morning with the news... I didn't mind being woken up at all :)
scurvyman said, (100 days ago)
As soon as I heard the news, I knew you'd be excited. And good for him -- there wasn't a better democratic candidate on foreign policy this year
MisterDarcy said, (100 days ago)
I thought of Soulcamp the minute I got the text!
I'm not a fan of Biden, but he can be the "bad cop" in the Obama-Biden ticket. Obama gets to keep on the facade of running a clean campaign on a platform of change, and Biden can be that "challenging" Obama partner who attacks McCain without hurting Obama's image too much.
soulcamp said, (100 days ago)
I was watching the morning news shows, and it boggles my mind how unbelievably stupid most reporters are. To hear them say things like, "Obama needed someone who knows how Washington works and know who to talk to in order to get things done." Like Obama is going to call Biden into his office every morning and ask, "So what do I do next, Joe?" Aren't these people getting paid for having at least some bit of competence when it comes to understanding how the white house works? Perhaps someone should buy them a season of The West Wing to watch or something.
MisterDarcy said, (100 days ago)
@Soulcamp: Actually, I see merits with that. Obama has not even served one term in the senate. Biden has served over 30 years. Obama has 3 years.
Who has the experience with the ins-and-outs and all the old cocktail stories of the Senate? Biden. Who knows which congressman to talk to to pull a favor from some other senior senator because of that one time in the lobbyist' party with that barely-legal intern back in 2002? Biden.
Obama is no idiot, but he can't make up the experience of Biden. But, enough of that...what's more important is understanding how Biden can help Obama win. I'd like the pundits to cover that.
soulcamp said, (100 days ago)
@MisterDarcy: That's what your staff is for. The president has very little to do with these things - he hires a qualified, experienced staff to handle this, from his chief-of-staff down. The VPs office will have very little to do with the day-to-day policies of the president.
What Obama would be best served by is following the Bush/Cheney model where foreign policy becomes primarily the duties of the VPs office. It may very well be the only thing worth crediting the Bush administration with is strengthening the role of the VP with regards to certain areas. Unfortunately, Cheney failed miserably at the two tasks his office was assigned - foreign policy and the energy policy.
I've made it no secret that Biden was my first choice for President. The fact that Obama chose him as VP reassures me that he know how to surround himself with the right people.