Obama Chooses Biden as Running Mate
nytimes.com 8/23/2008 — Word of Senator Barack Obama’s decision leaked out hours after he had informed Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana and Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia that they had not been chosen. >

Analysis: Biden pick shows lack of confidence - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 8/23/2008 — DENVER The candidate of change went with the status quo. 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 strength as a ...

McCain to air Biden TV ad
politico.com 8/23/2008 — Ensuring that the network and cable news coverage of Barack Obama's vice presidential announcement includes their oppo, John McCain McCain's campaign is going up on the air with an featuring Joe Biden praising his GOP colleague and questioning ...

Racism is the only reason Obama might lose. - By Jacob Weisberg - Slate Magazine
slate.com 8/23/2008 — Barack Obama. Click image to expand. Barack Obama What with the Bush legacy of reckless war and economic mismanagement, 2008 is a year that favors the generic Democratic candidate over the generic Republican one. Yet Barack Obama, with every natural ...

So Joe Biden is 'change'?
blogs.rockymountainnews.com 8/23/2008 — Oh, my my my my... remember this was the guy who marveled about Barack Obama being "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy"? The AP is reporting that Joe Biden is Obama's No. 2, and ...

Behind Obama's Bet on Biden — TIME.com Top Politics Stories 8/23/2008
The Senator from Delaware's blunders are well known, but he gives the ticket decades of foreign policy knowledge

Obama names veteran Biden as VP choice (AFP/File) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 8/23/2008
AFP/File - Barack Obama Saturday named veteran Senate colleague Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate, adding foreign policy heft -- but also a loose tongue -- to his ticket for November's election against Republican John McCain.

'Firsts' struggled to pave Obama's way — msnbc.com: Politics 8/23/2008
If Barack Obama becomes president, other African American trailblazers will celebrate it as proof that their efforts made a lasting impact on race relations in America, they said.

Obama names veteran Biden as VP choice (AFP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 8/23/2008
AFP - Barack Obama Saturday named veteran Senate colleague Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate, adding foreign policy heft -- but also a loose tongue -- to his ticket for November's election against Republican John McCain.

Obama's veep message to supporters — Wash Post Elections 8/23/2008
-- Barack Obama's campaign had said it would announce Obama's choice for a running mate in a text message to supporters. But early Saturday morning, word leaked out to reporters that he'd chosen Sen. Joe Biden, a veteran lawmaker from Delaware.  ...