So Barack Obama has opted to go with Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. I have been ruminating about this since the news was confirmed late Friday night, and I still haven't quite been able to crystallize my thoughts on it.
Bottom line: good choice, but not a great choice. I still argue (as I did here last week), that if Obama wanted a guaranteed win in November, Hillary Clinton was the right choice. He's gone another way, however, and in doing so, he has picked someone who I certainly don't think will do any harm, though I question how much Biden will help.
More on this later today or later this week...
I wonder what kind of role he would play in an Obama Whitehouse? Would Biden be a backseat driver like Cheney or would he be a bored fundraiser. Hillary would have won the election, but she would not have played second fiddle, it would have been a disharmonious presidency.
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