Race 4 2008 Essential Reads: Joe Biden Edition
- Analysis: Biden pick shows lack of confidence - Ron Fournier, AP
- AP: Biden choice demonstrates lack of confidence; Update: Plagiarism flashbacks - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
- Biden’s Lobbying Ties - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
- Digesting an Obama-Biden Ticket - Jim Geraghty, National Review
- ‘Just Words’ That Joe Biden Would Like To Forget: The curse of a loose mouth and Nexis. -Jim Geraghty, National Review
- Quick Two Cents - Jay Nordlinger, National Review
- O’Biden! O’Biden! O’Biden! - Jonah Goldberg, National Review
- So Much For Change: Obama Picks Joe Biden - Jennifer Rubin, Pajamas Media
- Happiness is a thing called Joe - Scott Johnson, Power Line
- A statesman known for slips of his tongue - Eamon Javers and Jonathan Martin, Politico
- McCain Camp Issues Quick Response On Obama’s Choice for Vice President - Elizabeth Holmes, Wall Street Journal
- The Case Against Joe Biden - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
- McCain Campaign Takes Aim at Obama-Biden - Michael Shear, Washington Post
- McCain Rolls Out New Ad With Biden’s Words - Kate Phillips, New York Times
- Obama Chooses Biden as Running Mate - Adam Nagourney and Jeff Zeleny, New York Times
- Obama Names Sen. Joe Biden As Presidential Running Mate - Christopher Cooper, Wall Street Journal
- Biden’s Faustian Bargain - Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
- Blowhard Could Be Just What O Needs - Charles Hurt, New York Post
- Biden speaks - and speaks - his own mind - Calvin Woodward, AP
- An Outside The Comfort Zone Pick - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic
- A GOP Bidenpalooza - The Moderate Voice
- Thank You, Barack! - Dean Barnett, The Weekly Standard
- Hello, Biden… Bye, Bye Change - Betsy Newmark, FOX Forum
- No Ordinary Joe: The politics of the veep pick–and what he brings to the party - Howard Fineman, Newsweek
- Pick Up: How Biden strengthens Obama - Howard Wolfson, The New Republic
- Joe Biden’s Mouth: ‘If the Sparks Fly, So Be It’ - Jake Tapper, ABC News
- It’s Biden Time! Will Obama’s new running mate help or hurt the campaign? -John Dickerson, Slate
- Harwood: Biden’s Racially-Insensitive Gaffes ‘A Strength’ - Mark Finkelstein, NewsBusters
- Hoping It’s Biden - David Brooks, New York Times
- First Thoughts: It’s Joe Biden - Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro, NBC News
“On the Democratic side, it was a collective “phew.” As the days got nearer for the pick, it was hard to find a Democrat — even savvy Clintonites — who weren’t hoping it would be Biden. Only the most strident Hillary supporters appear to be upset this morning. On the GOP side, the sound you heard was disappointed silence. Of everyone on the short list, the candidate many Republicans least wanted to see Obama pick was Biden. Sure, they’ve already trotted out their talking points. And the McCain camp even produced a rapid-response TV ad highlighting some unkind words Biden said about Obama during the primaries. (We assume this now means McCain won’t be picking Romney, right? And doesn’t the McCain ad actually send the message to swing voters that Obama’s willing to surround himself with critics?) But there are too many intellectual conservatives (see David Brooks) who believe Biden’s the most qualified guy Obama could have realistically picked.”
- Ten Things You Need to Know About Joe Biden - Todd S. Purdum and Dee Dee Myers, Vanity Fair
- Obama Misspeaks, Calls Biden ‘The Next President’; Biden Calls Obama ‘Barack America’ - Sara Just, ABC News
- McCain camp seizes on Obama slip-up - CNN
- Some in Clinton circle ‘outraged’ - CNN
- Biden got Obama call during root canal - Nedra Pickler, AP
- Neil Kinnock welcomes Joe Biden nomination - Daily Telegraph (U.K.)
Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock today welcomed Joe Biden’s nomination as Barack Obama’s running mate, despite the vice-presidential hopeful plagiarising one of his most famous speeches.
- Rasmussen Reports: 39% Say Biden the Right Choice, Women Less Enthusiastic
- VP choice Biden unpopular in Iraq for autonomy plan
- Aides Say Obama Chose a Partner in Leadership - Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg, New York Times
- Obama-Biden 2008 - Peter Wehner, National Review
- The Senator from MBNA - Byron York, National Review
From the past, a look at Joe Biden’s connections.
- McCain Tries to Rile Up Clinton Voters Against Obama - Michael Shear, Washington Post
August 23rd, 2008 at 11:01 am
I disagree. I think the pick shows Obama has confidence.
Confidence he doesn’t need to effect any States.
Confident to pick someone who was on the other side initially on the war.
Confident to pick someone who ridiculed his experience.
Confident that he has the economic message that will win while Biden will add in foreign policy expertise.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
#2 Confidence=stupidity in this case!
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Opinionated: Your talking about Obama who has absolutely no executive experience and has no Presidential experience.
I also have confidence that Obama is a socialist egomaniac who is seeking to set heavy taxes and to redistribute property. The Soviets used to take property and redistribute it. That certainly did not work.
The Case Against Jose Biden:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/08/the_case_against_joe_biden.html
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:45 pm
It was both. It was an admission that Obama doesn’t have all the experience and strength he needs to be president, but that he’s not afraid to work with someone more experienced than himself.