When I got the e-mail from the O'Bama campaign that O'Bama had chosen Senator Biden, I was surprised. I had been betting on Senator Clinton. But after some thought, I have come to consider it a good decision. Senator Clinton might have energized the nutzoid GOP base that so far has shown little enthusiasm for Senator McCain. They might have mobilized to vote against Clinton when they would not have done so to vote for McCain. Then again, those people are going to vote for whomever their leaders tell them, and I bet they'll get behind McCain in the end. He's their best hope for an early Armageddon after all.
Senator Biden has a sharp tongue that will enable him to counterattack the right wing slime machine in a way that O'Bama can't afford to while he's trying to look presidential. Biden knows a lot about foreign affairs and can speak to those issues with authority whereas McCain and his probable Veep Romney cannot (because they're ignoramuses). And Biden has a background just as tragic as McCain's. His wife and baby were killed in a car accident. He commuted from Delaware every day to be with his sons who had survived. He embodies family values, although he doesn't make a lot of political hay out of it. He didn't get filthy rich during his Senate career and has working class roots. By all accounts, he knows how to connect with working class people. And he's a white dude.
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