I considered voting for Biden in the primary. And in fact, I might have if he weren’t already a dead-man-walking. So it’s nice to see him back in the show. And at the time it seemed to me that Biden and Dodd were in fact running for Vice President – pretending to run for President to gauge their popularity and Presidential character. Or at least just to say “hey, look at me! – I can be more than a senator!”. So it’s also nice to see that his ploy paid off.
One of the things that torpedoed Biden’s Presidential aspirations was his propensity to say what was on his mind. It is one of the things that I like about him but and something to which I can relate. But it can be a liability in an election when every phrase is over-scrutinized and twisted against the candidate. Especially in Biden’s case where his choice of words doesn’t always make the right initial impression. (For example when describing Obama during the primary as being free from encumbrances that might be a liability to him, Biden used the word “clean” which people took to mean “not dirty” as though it were a racist thing.)
So while I should be excited that my two picks from the Primary are now together, I can’t help but be apprehensive that there are bumpy roads ahead and potential catastrophe if the wrong thing is said in the wrong way. And should McCain pick Romney, Romney could elicit damning sound bites from Biden in a Vice-Presidential debate. I’m bracing for impact.
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