powerlineblog.com - 8/23/2008
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Some time in the next 48 hours, Barack Obama will announce his running mate. The current favorite seems to be...
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On Meeting Joe Biden
GayPatriot —
... having served as White House Chief of Staff under President Gerald R. Ford and as Defense Secretary under President George H.W. Bush. Joe Biden has spent well over half his life the Senate, having served there since Barack Obama was eleven years old.
Others have dissected the choice with Jay Nordlinger calling it an “error.“ Glenn Reynolds links some interesting and insightful posts and articles here and here while John Hinderaker weighs in here on Biden’s “unbearable lightness.”
For now, I’ll relate the ...
Pulling out the hair
Shakesville —
... and the dubious distinction of becoming the first national party nominee with known hair plugs." - Huffington Post ----- "Hair plugs don't bounce" - Jules Crittenden ----- " ... the mysterious hair helmet still sported by Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden ... " - Press of Atlantic City ----- "The problem is that, whereas Obama is a young lightweight, Biden is an old lightweight--Obama with a hair transplant." - Power Line ----- "There is no doubt he had hair transplants. The guy is wearing Barbie's hair." - ...
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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 ...
Editors: Candidate of Caution
article.nationalreview.com 8/23/2008 — Barack Obama went with the long-serving senator with the most foreign-policy experience he could find.
Joe Biden got the call Thursday night (and never spilled the beans)
latimesblogs.latimes.com 8/23/2008 — DENVER -- Barack Obama's actual VP offer to Joe Biden came in a telephone call Thursday night, according to Linda Douglas , the former newswoman-turned-campaign-aide for the (almost) official Democratic presidential nominee.
Douglas, chatting ...
Clinton Insider on Biden Pick: 'Maybe It's a Death Wish'
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 8/23/2008 — Unity, baby! Sen. Barack Obama's decision to pick Sen. Joe Biden instead of former challenger Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton left insiders in her camp disappointed - and thinking he missed a great opportunity.
Several said they understood the logic ...
Kristol: The Democrats' Glass Ceiling
weeklystandard.com 8/24/2008 — Denver
So Hillary Clinton gets about 18 million votes in 2008, and isn’t even considered for--she apparently isn’t even given the courtesy of being consulted--the vice presidential pick. Joe Biden manages to persuade a few thousand (if that) Iowans ...
More Dem reaction to the Biden pick —
First Read 8/23/2008
From NBC's Mark MurrayHoward Dean: "Sen. Obama has made an outstanding selection in Joe Biden. Joe Biden is a strong leader, fierce advocate, and devoted family man with values rooted in the best of what America stands for. He will be a strong partner ...
The Caucus: Biden and Anita Hill, Revisited —
NYT > Politics 8/23/2008
When Barack Obama said that he wouldn’t have appointed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court bench, perhaps he had already been reviewing the presiding role that his now running mate, Joseph R. Biden Jr. played in the judge’s confirmation hearings long ...