One last day of work, and I am off to Denver in the morning. Hope it goes quickly, so I can get some sleep. Nothing like a good summer cold to get you in a traveling mood...
So it's Biden. That's a good choice, I think. I was impressed with him in the debates. He's got more Senate experience than McCain, and is "clean as a hound's tooth" according to Electoral-vote.com. ( Don't want to be accused of plagiarizing...)
Speaking of which, that isolated incident was in the same era as McCain's bribery scandal. McCain was one of the Keating 5, Senators accused of taking bribes from Charles Keating, a wealthy banker. If the R's want to re-visit the 80's, "bring it on", as George W. Bush would say. ( OK, enough with the quotes and referencing.)
With the Biden choice comes this odd sense of calm before the storm. We know who our team will be. We'll hear the plagiarism talk, and the "he's clean" remark at the beginning of the primary season that effectively killed his campaign, ad nauseam. There will be the lame name gags ( Biden: His Time, Biden off more than he can chew, blah blah ) and then we'll get a chance to hear how thoughtful, knowledgable, and experienced he is. He's a fine debater, will make a great attack dog as long as he doesn't say something stupid, and will give Romney fits during their VP debate. ( I am assuming McCain will pick Romney.)
The Clinton wing of the party won't be happy, but nothing short of Senator Clinton on the ticket will make them happy. As long as they can get on board by October, I'm happy. Sooner is better, but I'll settle for October.
Time to go to work.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Hi, OB,
This is Andrew, Rita's son, in Colorado. I'm clutching my credential for Thursday's speech, but jealous of your all-week access. It's exciting that Colorado, for once, is in the political thick of things, this week and in November. I've got my t-shirts and lawn signs ready!
Post a Comment