What'cha Know, Joe?

the first thing i did this morning when i woke up was turn on my computer and check my email. and there is was.... the announcement we've all been waiting for.

of course, after cnn had confirmed last night that it wouldn't be senator evan bayh of indiana or governor tim kaine of virginia....

and after the reports that hillary was never even vetted.... never asked for so much as a page from her records.... never even met with caroline kennedy.... (by the way, this whole "non-vetting" of hillary will only cause more ripples with her supporters and dig a deeper rift between those individuals and obama.)

well...let's be honest: the email was not a surprise.

yes. senator barack obama has chosen senator joe biden of delaware to be his vice presidential running mate.

biden's a great choice. i'm still not sure he's the best choice.... but he does pick up in all areas where obama lacks.

he's been a senator for 36 years. he has served in both the judiciary and foreign relations committees.... two very hot jobs in the senate.

and, of course, he now heads the foreign relations committee. the man knows the world and knows washington.

granted, the three electoral votes he brings from delaware is no big win... i mean, the dems were getting those three anyway. but he is catholic and he was born in pennsylvania. he takes the train home every day and he does well with a lot of the core groups that made up hillary's coalition.

there are a lot of great arguments for having him on the ticket.

now....i will admit that i was holding out hope for hillary... a real surprise announcement. all this talk of never being vetted just a red herring to throw everyone off the trail.

but no... she was kinda screwed by obama. apparently she would make anyone's short list accept obama's. and all this will make the convention all the more interesting.

so.... obama/biden 08.

in all honesty, should probably be biden/obama 08.

but whaddayagonnado.....?

obama/biden 08!

e.