What do you think of the decision to pick Joe Biden as Barack Obama's running mate?
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We don't know he has yet. NOTE: Answer was given before announcement made.
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its the unsafe choice, Evan Bayh is the safe choice
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Another reason he would lose the election. Obama needs better advisors/managers.
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I prefer Jack Reed: http://www.politicususa.com/en/Pros-and-Cons-14 However, in breaking news today: Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, a national security expert, told an AP reporter that he was not Obama's choice.
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While I think Obama could have chosen someone much worse than Biden, I really do not think Biden will help him gain any more votes, and ultimately not win him the White House. Biden does add some experience to his campaign though which may help him a little.
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I think he made a good choice.
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If the choice for VP is Senator Joe Biden, that is a very good choice. He is an expert in foreign affairs which is highly needed right now with the situation in Georgia. He has served six terms in the Senate which means experience and was the master mind behind the peace agreement in the Balkans. Good choice!! Bye.
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As a former Clinton supporter I was excited at the possibility of her being chosen in a few of his comments,and may more mainly from watching CNN contributors over last few days. I think Joe Biden is a good guy and qualified, but right now feel more let down than ever. I just think it was a mistake to have us even get our hopes up by the slightest suggestion being out there and not squashing that possibility, maybe just releasing Biden's name a few days sooner ? Sitting this one out. He could of chosen Caroline Kennedy.. but argument was always against Hillary's vote 4 Iraq, and though I like Biden, he had voted the same as Hillary. I am really dissapointed with him at this point, and think instead of getting past ego, he has chosen a difficult road instead of a chance to have millions rally behind him. " Bone-Headed mistake " I think is his term
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I prefer Senator Hillary Clinton, the one that actually received more votes in the primary. Joe Biden is much loved and respected within the Democratic Party, and I certainly prefer him over a few other names, but as a former Clinton supporter and a delegate, I'm having a hard time with Obama's 1st Presidential type handling of his announcement for the V.P. I feel it was a huge slap in the face to the rest of us that supported Clinton < passive aggressive 3:00 A.M. announcement via text > just after his recent comments caused much prediction and belief that Clinton would be his pick. As this was playing out on CNN and some of us became hopeful the least that He, his campaign staffers could have done was to of notified someone in Clinton's camp, he could of released his decision earlier to squash everyone getting their hopes up, and in the end by playing his hand in this way, I can assure you their will be many others like myself that aren't going to vote at all.
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I saw that on my news updates on Facebook, and I don't see anything wrong with his decision. Joe Biden seems like a pretty decent guy.
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Those who hate what America was founded upon tend to stick together. I am not surprised. They both detest America's founding principles.
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There were many people Obama could have chosen. I think in the end, we will see that this was a very wise choice.
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He seems to have chosen someone he can get along with. In 2007 Joe Biden described Barack Obama as "the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy".
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I was hoping that he wouldn't pick a senator as a running mate.
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This was asked last night... http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/928906
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Great Choice! I think Mr. Obama has sealed his fate in this election by picking a man that openly opposes the teaching of the faith he professes regarding abortion. Joe Biden, a Catholic, open opposes the teaching of his religion regarding abortion and is a hypocrite. A nice complement to the empty suit. Between the two of them, the really don't believe in anything (besides abortion on demand through all 9 months of pregnancy -- and beyond in Mr. Obama's case).
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I think it proves that he knows his foreign policy is weak without Biden, and that since Biden is a 40 year Washington insider, there is less change in the future than Obama said. I know Obama is in bed with the arabs, and I have heard that biden has had at least one covert meeting with one.
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I think it was ultimately a "safe" choice. Biden's experience, particularly in foreign policy, defuses some of the "inexperience" claims. Note: I think the "inexperience" argument is bogus. GWB had even less experience than Obama. Meanwhile, Darth Vader Cheney and Don "Rosy Scenario" Rumsfeld had resumes dating back to the Ford administration, and look how badly they screwed up. I would have preferred a more radical choice, either a real out-of-the-box left-winger akin to Bernie Sanders, or a moderate Republican, who could challenge Obama's views and make him justify his positions. But I understand why the Obama campaign did as they did.... . . .
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A huge mistake. I think he should have picked Hillary Clinton instead. He picked someone that he feels comfortable working with, rather than someone that would help him win the election. That could well cost him the election. The majority of Hillary's supporter will now vote for John McCain.
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he certainly addressed the experience issue with biden. though i think experience is a ridiculous argument anyway. see-->http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Info/experience.html
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I looser http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-12-biden-financial_N.htm?csp=23&RM_Exclude=aol
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You can hear the screams of all the Hillary supporters as he threw them under the bus. I think it's great he picked Biden, that decision just created a whole bunch of discontent in the Democratic Party. Good Job, Obama.
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