First, do VP candidates really make any difference? I would say no. The VP candidate should be shown by polling to make the difference in a close state.

Biden obviously does not do this and is not popular with anyone outside of Delaware. The Senate is full of people like him, pompous, bloviating egomaniacs, but he’s among the most annoying. I don’t think he is going to hold up well under a lot of heavy media scrutiny.

Why did Obama do this? I’m guessing the candidates who would have helped him turned him down. It’s possible a lot of Democrats see this as a train wreck they want to stay away from. Or Obama just couldn’t bear to team up with somebody who wasn’t completely in agreement with his ideology.

I think this shows pretty poor judgment and a lack of imagination by Obama.