thenextright.com - 8/23/2008
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When Bill Clinton chose Al Gore, this was rightly seen as a template for modern VP selections. The traditional notion of "balancing" the ticket with someone of a different state or background gave way to the idea of using the VP as device to reinforce the message of the guy at the top. So, in the last change election, you had two young Southern party modernizers on the ticket. You ...
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Biden Reax
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
A bunch of reaction from around the web. Ambinder: Obama-Biden
will be a formidable ticket, and a risky ticket, and not a comfort zone
choice for Obama. "It's a big ball pick, not a small ball pick," an
adviser said...
I gather that what impressed Obama about Biden is that Biden gets
things done. He's a man of action. He's not a bullshitter. I also get
the sense that Biden, 65, is pretty well aware that, at age 73 in eight
years, he's not going to be a viable presidential choice, and thus was
able to convince Obama that because the vice presidency would be his
terminal position, the famous Biden ego will take a subordinate ...
SATURDAY ROUNDUP
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SATURDAY ROUNDUP Barack Obama's selection of Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) as his running mate is the only show on the blogs on Saturday. Both conservative and liberal bloggers point out that Biden, a senator for more than three decades, won't reinforce Obama's "change message." But traditional media pundits and most of Obama's online backers hail the pick as sensible. Biden also gets backup from liberal bloggers miffed at analysis from Associated Press's Ron Fournier. Obama has picked the ultimate insider, someone who has been a senator for 36 years and won't do much for Obama's message of "hope and change," writes The Next Right's Patrick Ruffini . His presence on the ticket could make ...
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theagitator.com 8/23/2008 — Biden is a terrible pick. I understand the rationale–Obama wants an attack dog to go after McCain while he appears to be above the fray. Biden also adds some foreign policy and Beltway heft to the ticket. Beltway CW says this is a safe, not ...
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the-reaction.blogspot.com 8/23/2008 — By Creature It's done. The long awaited pick of Obama's VP is here and it's Joe Biden . I must say I'm happy with the pick. There are a bunch of negatives to Biden (his war vote, the bankruptcy bill), but I will not let them sour me. Biden ...
Obama-Biden: Boehner reacts —
CNN Political Ticker 8/23/2008
(CNN) — House Minority Leader John Boehner criticized the newly-minted Democratic presidential ticket in an issued statement Saturday.
“Americans looking for a pair of candidates who are ready to fix a broken Washington aren’t going to find them ...
Bidens change of address —
CNN Political Ticker 8/23/2008
Joe Biden's Web site now redirects to Barack Obama's.
DENVER (CNN) — In cyberspace, Joe Biden’s presidential campaign once had its own Web address where the Delaware senator made his own case for why he should be the Democratic ...
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