As news sources have reported, Barack Obama indicated very early on August 23 that he wants the Democratic National Convention to choose Joe Biden for vice-president. CNN reported the news at 1 a.m. eastern time, and the Obama campaign sent out text messages to Obama supporters a few hours later.
2008 is the first presidential election in U.S. history at which neither major party’s vice-presidential nominee was known as late as August 22. At least one major party’s complete ticket was realistically known by August 8, in all previous presidential elections. Of course, in approximately half of all presidential elections, the incumbent vice-president was running for re-election, so in those elections the identity of one of the major party vice-presidential candidates was known, or assumed, even before the presidential election year itself.
Joe Biden? This guy drips beltway establishment from his hairplugs, capped pearly whites and $2,000 tailored suits.
Biden’s nickname is “the Senator from Chase Manhattan.” He authored the credit industry friendly Bankrutpcy Act on behalf of industry giants that conduct business out of PO boxes in corporate tax haven Delaware – one of the worst pieces of legislation in recent memory.
Change? How could anybody possibly utter that word and Biden’s name in the same phrase? Biden has been part of the problem for years. You can bet you’re paycheck however that the flat earth crowd who still believe that there is a substantial and meaningful difference between the two corporate parties will suck it up – again.
(1) He [Biden] was basically picked because of his age and experience — especially in terms of foreign policy and defense issues.
(2) I suspect that both parties often are favorable to corporate interest given serveral historical and cultural factors. However, their certainly are importance difference between the two parties on other issues.
(3) If we want more viable choices, then we have to focus our time and engergy into building strong election law reform coalitions.
How long does it take for a ballot to go to and from some military person in a war zone about 12,000 miles away from the U.S.A. (i.e. half way around the world) ???
So, Obama picked his running mate for the same reasons that W. picked Cheney, right??
I always thought it was the Senator from MBNA.
Didn’t Obama say he was going to put the word out by text message BEFORE he released it to the media?
This could help Barr’s lawsuits …