Biden has a motherlode of statements that are going to be pouring out all day tomorrow. Obama has invited a rain of hell down upon himself with Biden.

Obama also looks like a complete idiot because of his incessant whining about the AUMF during the primaries since Biden supported it.

Obama has deliberately divided the party and it will not be united now. He gets 75% of Dems right now and is losing independents by 10 pts. to McCain. That is probably likely to get worse now.

I mentioned Biden had to drop out of the presidential race in '88 because of a plagerism contraversy. Here's modo's article on it back then. There's a video of it too which I'm sure will show up on youtube soon.

NOW, here the Dems are with this very odd pairing.  I swear if I weren't into conspiracies, this seems almost too orchestrated for a colossal loss at the polls.  WHY would he give the VP slot to a man who has made some of the most outrageous comments about Obama?

Hillary never said anything NEAR what Biden has said about Obama and she wasn't even considered.  I really do feel that this was some big ploy to throw the election so these fools could stay  in their positions of power and to NOT work for the American people.

Gosh, I feel better already.

But, as a candidate, yaaawwwwwwn. A lot of people seem to love him, though. He seems to have centrist appeal? He's supposedly a strong attack dog? I don't know.  I guess we'll be getting to know him in the coming weeks.

Clinton would have chose Clark I think.

Either Clark or Obama himself.

This is what CDS has purchased for the party and the activists who used to excoriate Biden as "Biden, D-MBNA" and now have to continue to play the apologists cause, lets face it, this is what they demanded of the party.

I've always believed people like, and god love her, cause it's very personal for a lot of people and I understand that, but for Cindy Sheehan letting a vote on the AUMF control every decision everyone makes for the next 10 years.  To become so obsessed with punishing Clinton for that vote one lost site of the very real possibility that she would end the war sooner.

I will continue to criticize a group of activists who, year in and year out, fail to get what they want, and therefore must be categorized as imcompetent in their activist role.

Biden, on a post-debate appearance on MSNBC, October 30, 2007: "The only guy on the other
side who's qualified is John McCain."

Biden appearing on The Daily Show, August 2, 2005: "John McCain is a personal friend, a
great friend, and I would be honored to run with or against John McCain, because I think the
country would be better off, be well off no matter who..."

On Meet the Press, November 27, 2005: "I've been calling for more troops for over two
years, along with John McCain and others subsequent to my saying that."

(I apologize if you've already answered.  It's late.)

I agree with you that it's a bad choice.  Hillary was the only good one.  

The problem with this ticket is that the politics of 1949 were more progressive than anything this flacid duo represent.

It took me MONTHS to even get to the point where I thought I might be able to support Obama (albeit with my nose held -- because of his inexperience, because of his still questionable voting record, because of his support for FB initiatives, his gaffes and dancing around on choice, his silence on women's concerns, and many others).

Then he chooses Biden --- the gaffe machine that keeps on giving, the open mouth, insert foot guy whose only real claim to fame is foreign policy, and who has been iffy on women's rights issues (sexual harassment/Anita Hill), and as Jeralyn points out is as bad as the Republicans on crime issues.

It's not looking good for me to support this ticket. Frankly, I don't trust either one of them and Obama has flip-flopped and backtracked on so many issues, I now question whether he will keep his word on basic issues like health care, Social Security, abortion rights.

When Hillary Clinton has bragged about how she upsets the right wing, he said he's wanted to tell her, "If you weren't the nominee, the right wing would not be so exercised."

Sorry for the people who thought they were getting something special via text message, but politics is risky business.

Biden is a realist and he's the point man for the Democrats on foreign policy.

For Obama, the selection is not without risks. Still it is an excellent choice in my view. Not enough for me to vote for the ticket.

I understand the reasoning.  He brings serious street cred on foreign policy and he isn't going to want to fight for camera time with Obama.  

I had assumed from the beginning that Obama was going to pick an old white guy, and he did.

But I wish he could have been a bit more daring.  To me this is Daschle's pick.  

As to Biden teaching constitutional law, he's been in the Senate since Nixon was in the White House. He became a Senator after a three or four year non-descript career as a lawyer.

So what?

Is this American Idol?

A black guy and an old guy with hair plugs.

But then: