At 3:00 A.M. Saturday morning, a whirlwind of text messages were released from Obama HQ with this announcement:
“Barack has chosen Senator Biden to be our VP nominee."
The Obama-Biden ticket obviously comes as a surprise to some, and common sense to others.
The choice trumped other candidates such as Bayh and Kaine, each bringing their respective assets to the race.
However, in the end, it is Senator Biden’s foreign policy experience that gave him the VP nod.
The challenge will be balancing Biden’s long tenure in Congress with Obama’s message of fresh, new change. Perhaps the senator from Delaware will give the needed experience to accomplish the message of change brought forth in this election; or, perhaps Biden will give Obama the needed boost in his foreign policy background, in the waning days leading to November 4. Or both. Or neither.
Today’s speeches by Senators Obama and Biden went well in Springfield today, and the duo seems to be well received. How will this news affect the veep choice of John McCain in the upcoming week?
-MAB
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