We are in perfect agreement there. I think Biden was a horrible choice. Even the things some people think he brings to the table -- experience and foreign policy expertise -- are not actually strengths. Obama is running for change and he picks a running mate who has been in Washington longer than almost anyone? And as far as foreign policy "expertise," forget it. He is the head of the Foreign Relations Committee based strictly on seniority. He has been almost comically wrong on the major international issues. I hope Obama gets his money's worth out of him as an attack dog because he's not going to be good for much else. To say I am disappointed by the choice is an understatement.

Did you watch Obama's speech last night? I thought it was a good one, even given my bias. He needed to show he is tougher than the fearmongers have been saying and I think he succeeded. And he has not lost his ability to inspire.

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>In a perfect world Romney would be ideal. OTOH, how do you conjoin "Biden" and "fantastic"? Only the politically astute know who he is - the rest are the poor souls (less than 5%) who supported him.
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>>I think all the choices are interesting, but not necessarily good.
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>>- I agree with you on Pawlenty
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>>- Lieberman is interesting. It would help swing some of the undecided Democrats and maybe some Hillary supporters, but would cause McCain to lose the vote of the religious right.
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>>- Romney has lots of financial background, but again, would lose vote of religious right (and McCain's mom *G*).
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>>- Tom Ridge would solidify the Democrat's claim that McCain is nothing more than another Bush/Cheney.
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>>- Someone the other day said on Twitter that they thought Condie Rice would be the choice. That would help counter Obama's African American campaigning and counter Joe Biden's forgein affairs experience, but add nothing to help with concerns that McCain has little economic experience.
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>>Biden was a fantastic choice for the Democrats. It took care of alot of criticism of Obama's inexperience. I don't see that there is anyone the Republicans can pick that is the perfect running mate.
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>>>I certainly hope not. Pawlenty has the credentials but he's not recognized nationally so you have to educate the voters before anything else and the voters are more fixated on the Messiah at the present time.
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>>>My wife and I discussed this whole thing tonight and we're seriously thinking of going back to our political roots and voting for Bob Barr, Libertarian. I'm just getting more and more disgusted by the pandering, lying major candidates.