I’m thoroughly confused. Perhaps Obama isn’t so good at reading the electorate as I thought he (and his team) are. Biden is a bomb. He will go down hard. As I note on the blog, both carry poor judgement foreign policy wise (although Biden less so than Obama).

Perhaps this is what the Democratic Party has come to. When looking for someone to complement the wet-behind-the-ears Obama on international relations, the best pick they can come up with is Slow Joe.

Some commentators have argued that Biden will help Obama with a demographic that he is having real problems with: white, working class males. Alas, if anything Biden will drive them away in droves. The average working class bloke doesn’t have time for a windbag senator whose pejorative nickname is Hairplugs Biden.

This is a disaster in every respect. Given Obama’s pick, who should McCain select as his runnning mate? I note one commentator above referred to Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin. Maybe. But what McCain should be looking for is a running mate who:
1) demonstrates a kind of playful gravitas
2) photogenic and strong on the stump
2) strong command of the facts

That person, is Mitt Romney. Sure he will drive some nutter evangelicals worried that Mormons are going to eat their churches up. But they are marginal anyway. Plus with Romney, McCain can flank Obama’s ticket. He will have someone with strong economic and executive credentials. He will have some skeletons in the closet from sacking staff at bankrupt companies (Bain Capital and all), but net effect is Romney was a turn around guy for flailing companies. The U.S. is flailing economically. Time for a Mr. Fixit. And given that McCain himself has argued he knows little about economics, Romney is the man. Romney and McCain apparently don’t gel and have personality clashes. But let me tell you. For two mature men, given what they are up against, that could make a beautiful team.

McCain & Romney for GOP 2008.