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asimplechordJoe Biden? Seriously?
Not that I thought it would be Clinton -- too much baggage there, and she gives the Repugs too broad a target. But.
Really?
ETA: I find it interesting to read things like Democratic strategists, fretting over polls that showed McCain erasing Obama's lead this summer, welcomed the move.
Because personally? I don't think that McCain *gained* ground, per se. I think that Obama lost points with the more liberal people who are disillusioned by the significant right-shift he made when it became clear that he had the Democratic nomination. Choosing Biden only adds to that centrism. The man is, for all his experience, a 30+ year veteran of the Washington Wars. That is not a plus for some of the folks who were hoping that Obama would stick to his "change" platform and image.
(For the record, I am not one of those surprised or disillusioned. I've said from the beginning that I didn't think that Obama would be significantly more liberal or progressive than Clinton, and his sharp right turn on things, particularly with respect to the Middle East, was nothing less than I expected.)
Not that I thought it would be Clinton -- too much baggage there, and she gives the Repugs too broad a target. But.
Really?
ETA: I find it interesting to read things like Democratic strategists, fretting over polls that showed McCain erasing Obama's lead this summer, welcomed the move.
Because personally? I don't think that McCain *gained* ground, per se. I think that Obama lost points with the more liberal people who are disillusioned by the significant right-shift he made when it became clear that he had the Democratic nomination. Choosing Biden only adds to that centrism. The man is, for all his experience, a 30+ year veteran of the Washington Wars. That is not a plus for some of the folks who were hoping that Obama would stick to his "change" platform and image.
(For the record, I am not one of those surprised or disillusioned. I've said from the beginning that I didn't think that Obama would be significantly more liberal or progressive than Clinton, and his sharp right turn on things, particularly with respect to the Middle East, was nothing less than I expected.)
