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Early Reactions to Obama's Pick
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — ... Politico: "On foreign policy and national security, an area where John McCain regularly assails Obama's lack of experience, Democrats offer few more seasoned practitioners than Biden." ...

And Obama’s VP Pick is…Oh My Dear Lord.
The Sundries Shack — Joe Biden?? Seriously. This has to be a joke. After a week of teasing the press into a state of turgidity not seen outside some place with a name like “The Champagne Room”, “>Barack Obama picked notorious blowhard and Peter Principle posterboy Joe Biden as his running mate. The candidate of hope and change picked a guy who has been in the Senate since 1973 (I guess Ted Kennedy’s illness ruled him out, huh?). Democrats all over the country have got to be waking up with a wicked, wicked case of buyer’s ...

SO MUCH FOR ‘HOPE AND CHANGE’
Right Wing Nut House — ... running mate, Barack Obama has acknowledged his own shortcomings while recognizing that the election he and his people thought a cakewalk a few months ago is now a battle royale along the lines of the 2000 and 2004 contests. Republicans would do well not to celebrate too much over this choice. On the surface, it may appear to be a mistake – an almost comically bad selection by Obama due to Biden’s well known (and well documented) verbal gaffes. And, as Politico points out, this should worry the Obama camp: But while Biden, 65, ...

Biden’s Mississippi connection
Overlawyered — The Delaware senator tapped as Obama’s running mate has just announced that he’s giving away to charity campaign contributions from participants in the Scruggs scandal, no doubt preparing for scrutiny of a set of connections that have already gotten considerable attention in the blogosphere [ABA Journal, NMC @ Folo, YallPolitics, Lattman @ WSJ law blog, Rossmiller, our own mention] Lotus @ Folo wonders if the McCain camp will risk bringing up Scruggsiana given their own candidate’s former ...

What Sully Said
Comments from Left Field — ... re: the newly announced Obama/Biden ticket (sample dingleberry of wisdom: Biden “talks too much”–yep, that’s why they pay Ron the big bucks, folks), both of which y’all should check out (assuming you haven’t yet done so). But I want to highlight something that ...

Why Obama May Have Picked Biden
Patterico's Pontifications — ... The Obama campaign has repeatedly emphasized Obama’s commitment to Michelle and their daughters and Biden’s story confirms and strengthens that message, especially when compared to the story of John McCain’s first marriage. Obama-Biden will promote family values to convince moderate Americans they are good enough on family values to deserve their votes: ...

Obama’s Text Message
The Hollywood Liberal — ... : “Mr. Obama’s selection ended a two-month search that was conducted almost entirely in secret. It reflected a critical strategic choice by Mr. Obama: To go with a running mate who could reassure voters about gaps in his résumé, rather than to pick someone who could deliver a state or reinforce Mr. Obama’s message of change.” Politico : “On foreign policy and national security, an area where John McCain regularly assails Obama’s lack of experience, Democrats offer few more seasoned practitioners than Biden.” ...