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Biden His Time
Daily Pundit — My Way News - Analysis: Biden pick shows lack of confidence Democratic strategists, fretting over polls that showed McCain erasing Obama’s lead this summer, welcomed the move. They, too, worried that Obama needed a more conventional - read: tougher - approach to McCain. The Dems are always whining that their candidates aren’t “tough” enough to counter the “GOP smear machine.” But with the minor exception of BJ Clinton, they always get their asses whupped, and it’s mostly because the GOP ...

Some “Change.” An Old White Man for Obama’s V.P.
Flopping Aces — ... security front, there is, in fact, no, no real security in Baghdad and/or in Anbar province, where I was, dealing with the most serious problem, sectarian violence. Sectarian violence is as strong and as solid and as serious a problem as it was before the surge started.” And it seems not every political analyst thinks Biden was the best pick: Analysis: Biden pick shows lack of confidence Aug 23, 2008 By RON FOURNIER Associated Press DENVER (AP) - The candidate of change went with the status quo. ...

Fournier inflames the netroots
Michael Calderone's Blog — During the primaries, AP Washington bureau chief Ron Fournier had been criticized by bloggers for what they considered to be unfair analysis of the Democratic candidates. And once a friendly e-mail with Karl Rove surfaced, and Politico reported on his discussions to possibly join the McCain campaign at a senior level position in late 2006, the lefty blogosphere chorus only grew. Today, Fournier inflamed the netroots yet again, with his (Drudge-worthy) analysis: "Biden pick shows lack of confidence." The candidate of change went with the ...

AP Headline: 'Biden Pick Shows Lack of Confidence'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Here's something you don't see every day: an Associated Press writer actually publishing something negative about a Democrat...let alone one named Obama. But, there it was Saturday, with a headline even more curious: "Analysis: Biden Pick Shows Lack of Confidence." The Obamessiah lacks confidence? Such wrote Ron Fournier (emphasis added): In picking Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate, Barack Obama sought to shore up his weakness - inexperience in office and on foreign policy - rather than underscore his ...

The AP Strikes a Nutroot Nerve
The Sundries Shack — ... Today, Fournier inflamed the Netroots yet again, with his (Drudge-worthy) analysis: “Biden pick shows lack of confidence.”: ...

So . . . Biden
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... With his insider status and Washington ties, Biden rips asunder Obama's "change" platform. He is the ultimate DC power player. Obama will no more be able to change DC and national politics with Biden at his side than Paris Hilton will be able to transform herself into a latter-day Aristotle in the public mind. ...

Shocker: Wide-Spread Media Corruption Exposed
Riehl World View — ... They're going to have to find a new origin for the word liberal as clearly liberalis simply doesn't apply any longer. The Moveon.org stoked current and sure to be on going call to silence the AP's Ron Fournier for daring to suggest the Obamessiah's pick of Joe Biden displayed a lack of confidence began yesterday with this little gem. You would have thought they'd at least of buried the link to AATCN: AP's Ron Fournier may command speaking fees of up to $10,000 ...

Carol Platt Liebau: Confident in His Charm?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... 14% of voters say the selection of "Slow Joe" makes them more likely to support the ticket; 7% say they're less likely; for 72%, it makes no difference. Most of the time, of course, veep nominations have less upside than downside potential. But it's worth wondering whether the response would have been so anemic to the selection of Hillary Clinton. What's more, although the Biden pick was aimed at remediating Barack's weaknesses with regular voters, it also spoke volumes about the candidate's confidence in himself and his own charm when it comes to winning back Hillary's ...