BenMVP.com: Obama Taps Biden as Running Mate

Friday, August 22, 2008

Obama Taps Biden as Running Mate

Posted by Ben at 10:01 PM

After much anticipation, the time has come. Barack Obama has finally selected Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his presidential running mate. Did anyone sign up to receive a text message when Barack made his decision? When did you get the text?

Obama has chosen Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate

Unfortunately though, I haven't really been following politics since Obama became the presumptive Democratic nominee, so I actually know very little about Senator Biden. I just realized today that he was a Democratic presidential candidate this year, but dropped out after a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses.

From the little I do know, it seems that this pick will really help Obama along the national security front (an area that the Republicans have said Obama is weak). Senator Biden is currently the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. There was talk that Indiana Senator Evan Bayh was on the top of the list for the past couple of months, but Biden moved to the forefront after Russia's invasion of Georgia (the country, not the state). If so, I guess Biden's got Russia's aggresion to thank in part for his selection.

Early on, nobody seems to be knocking this choice, but there's one thing that does concern me, however. Biden has been in the U.S. Senate since 1973. That's 35 years! Obama was in 7th grade then! Biden's served for the 6th longest period among active senators. Obama's campaign was built on the notion of "Change" and I believe it to be the main reason that he's the Democratic candidate. The American people want change. How can he still claim to be a proponent for change when he has one of the oldest sitting senators as his VP? I really wonder how the campaign is going to reconcile that.

I wonder what Hillary Clinton is thinking now. Remember way back in March, when Senator Clinton was still losing the primary race, but started telling people how Obama would make a great Vice President... for her?? I know she's going to put her best face forward at the Democratic National Convention in Denver next week, but you know she's gotta be feeling a lil' salty.

And what about Senator John Edwards? It seemed that for a while that he was a top vice presidential candidate until he declined. Or was it when he finally admitted to having an affair 10 months after it had been made public by the National Enquirer back in October? Oh, I can't even remember anymore. I'm glad that he wasn't a top choice for the veep position when he finally admitted to the affair or the Republicans would've gladly used it as ammunition to say that Obama has poor judgment.

According to some polls Obama and McCain are neck and neck in the polls, so we'll see what this VP selection and the upcoming Democratic & Republican National Conventions do for his positioning.

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