I’ve read this post and the media reports and yet, I am still having trouble digesting it. Sure, Obama is cocky and arrogant, his naive acolytes sincerely believe that nothing can stop him; but BIDEN??? I’m stunned. How could even someone as clueless and smug as Barry make such an idiotic choice?

Is there any chance that this is the ultimate red herring? That the “secret service” protection is just a mirage for the press to lead them on one final (and seemingly certain) false lead while St. Barack secretly calls up Hillary? It’d be quite the coup if this was the case.

If not, well…heh….hello President McCain. I mean, come on, nobody can control Biden’s mouth, not even Biden himself. Watching The One fall apart piece by piece is beyond amusing. Watching Democrats slowly squander the most favorable election year climate they have had in 34 years makes me positively giddy.

I have to disagree with you, my friend. Of course you are entirely correct in that I am biased. No matter who Barry selected, I would have found something to criticize.

But I think you are looking at Biden from purely a “resume” standpoint. Yes, he is very experienced overall, especially in foreign policy, which balances out Barry’s complete lack of any experience. Would he make a decent President (decent for a liberal Democrat, anyway)? Perhaps. But I’m asking how he looks as a VP candidate; an entirely different question.

As you concede, he is “gaffe prone”. I do not believe that, given the endless press he will have for the next two and a half months, he will be able to control his diatribes. He’s the epitome of a loose cannon. I understand why Barry picked him; he wants someone who can go negative without hesitation. And yes, Biden can and will do that. It is what he will say above and beyond this that should give Democrats the willies.

As for abortion, I hope you are right in that Democrats are becoming more open to the pro-life position. However, I cannot help but think that Biden was selected, in part, to help mute the growing firestorm over Barry’s casual indifference to infanticide and nothing more.