Obama / Biden

Did you see the AP column about the Barack's choice for a VP? Take a gander at this title:

"Biden pick shows lack of confidence".

Here's what Ron Fournier had to say: (Here's a hint ... it wasn't a favorable column.)

"The candidate of change went with the status quo.

"In picking Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate, Barack Obama sought to shore up his weakness — inexperience in office and on foreign policy — rather than underscore his strength as a new-generation candidate defying political conventions.

"He picked a 35-year veteran of the Senate — the ultimate insider — rather than a candidate from outside Washington, such as Govs. Tim Kaine of Virginia or Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas; or from outside his party, such as Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska; or from outside the mostly white male club of vice presidential candidates. Hillary Rodham Clinton didn’t even make his short list.

"The picks say something profound about Obama: For all his self-confidence, the 47-year-old Illinois senator worried that he couldn’t beat Republican John McCain without help from a seasoned politician willing to attack. The Biden pick is the next logistical step in an Obama campaign that has become more negative — a strategic decision that may be necessary but threatens to run counter to his image.

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"So the question is whether Biden’s depth counters Obama’s inexperience — or highlights it?
After all, Biden is anything but a change agent, having been in office longer than half of all Americans have been alive. Longer than McCain.

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"And there’s the 2007 ABC interview in which Biden said he would stand by an earlier statement that Obama was not ready to serve as president.

"It seems Obama is worried that some voters are starting to agree."

You can read it all here.

I'm not going to do a whole Barack-bash here, but I will say this: The Senator's campaign has gotten more and more off-track, which could be because as he realizes that there really is no track when your only platform is "change".

And the Biden pick, while helping in one sense, as stated above really hurts in another sense. It's an illogical logical pick. In one move, Obama both strengthened and weakened his ticket. Not what you need when you dwindled to a one-point lead.

Barack's fading fast. And Biden won't be able to save him.