Obama picking Biden is no more than the equivalent of how Bush picked Cheney — bringing someone on board with more experience. Tactically though….Clinton would likely have been a better choice, if for no other reason that you would get Bill as an guard & attack dog against the inevitable escalating smear and disinfo campaigns by the GOP and their proxies. The news media is in even a worst state than it was in 2004, and given the success of the Republican swiftboating efforts back then and media’s timid response to it, it would be utterly foolish of the Obama campaign not to be better prepared for it. Biden has a history of making silly misstatements. While nothing remotely bad as Bush’s, you can expect that every single one will be gathered up and put together to make Biden look like a idiot.
Of course, if the election was based on merit and what would be best for the country, it would be Obama in a laugher, but that’s not how things are done. And you conservatives out there better think long and hard about the consequences of a McCain victory — besides being a terrible thing for the country (if for no other reason than he would likely do little to purge the army of corrupt incompetents now peppering the entire federal government thanks to 7 1/2 yrs of Bush), it would also mean at least another 4 years of fiscally irresponsible free spending, religion interfering with science, Big Brother spying, no action on illegal immigration and long term energy management and planning, more blood soaked and badly confused foreign policies, ever growing financial instabilities (few have any idea of how much of the economy is now absurdly leveraged — we might as well be using Monopoly money), and the continued slide of the US on the World’s playing field. If you want to return to traditional conservative values, you better hope McCain and his neocon team lose badly.
