Barack Obama Running Mate

McCain vs Biden: Not All "Foreign Policy Experience" Is Created Equal

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

The past seven-plus years have shown us that "foreign policy experience," in and of itself, isn't all it's cracked up to be. For Exhibit A of this look no further than George Bush's most "experienced" foreign policy advisor: Dick Cheney. How's that working out?

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Why Biden is Such an Important Pick for the Climate

Joseph Romm | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

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Joseph Romm

It has become increasingly clear that achieving a serious, binding international emissions treaty is even more politically implausible a task than passing serious, binding domestic legislation.

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Senator Biden is the Right Man at the Right Time

James P. Rubin | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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James P. Rubin

Biden knows that America is not just a military power but also a peacemaker. And he knows that American ideals must be tempered by a hard-headed realism about the way the world really works.

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McCain on Biden: Should have, didn't

David Weinberger | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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David Weinberger

If McCain hadn't become Karl Rove's sockpuppet, this is what he might have said in response to the selection of Joe Biden as OBama's running mate...

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Why Joe Biden is Vital and the Right Choice

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

Biden's competence will help Obama be able to remain Obama. Insider or not, Biden is liked by the country -- and he's smart.

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Pro-Choice Catholic Biden Fits with New Poll of Catholic Voters

Scott Swenson | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Scott Swenson

Biden understands the American value of separating personal faith from public duty in our democracy, and his positions on sexual and reproductive health issues demonstrate that clearly.

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Reading The Pictures: He's Got Obama's Back

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Michael Shaw

2008-08-23-shaw_biden_afgh.jpg Biden is one of the few liberals that could pull off a scene like this. Too bad American politics -- especially under GOP rules -- is so much about manhood, but that's how it's played.

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Is Joe Biden Good For Labor? Mostly, Yes.

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Tasini

Where are the disagreements? Mostly over trade and immigration. Biden, initially, was a strong support of so-called "free trade" but he seems to have shifted his position a bit in the past few years.

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Joe Biden Explains His 'Clean' Obama Comment -- to Jon Stewart

Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Greg Mitchell

Biden told Stewart that the "word that really got me in trouble" was calling Obama "clean....I should have said fresh. What I meant was he's got new ideas."

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America's Middle Class: Is Biden Your Guy?

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Andrea Batista Schlesinger

Enough with the talk about filling in the foreign affairs gap. This just accepts that we are going to live out yet ANOTHER campaign the way the right wants us to -- on their turf.

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Biden His Time

Bob Franken | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Bob Franken

Unlike Cheney, Biden believes in explaining his decisions and thought processes in public. And explaining. And explaining.

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It's Biden -- Ho-Hum

Richard Silverstein | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Richard Silverstein

When I think of the boring prospect of adding Joe Biden to the ticket, I look back fondly on the vice presidential candidacy of Lloyd Bentsen.

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Obama-Biden logo revealed

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Christina Bellantoni

  So it's official, Barack Obama picked Joe Biden, one of the most colorful characters out there.   BarackObama.com got the transformation ...

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'The best Biden I can be'

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Christina Bellantoni

That's what Sen. Joe Biden told us would be his political strategy when he announced his presidential bid in January 2007. A year later, he finished f...

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McCain, Not Obama, Picked VP Biden

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Biden is on the ticket soley to parry McCain's hit point that Obama is a greenhorn on foreign policy and national security. Time will tell whether Biden will be much good in doing that.

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Joe, Let's talk

Erin Kotecki Vest | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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Erin Kotecki Vest

I need you to do something for me, ok? It's something I'm pretty terrible at -- but I'm guessing with all your experience you'll be okay. Don't say anything stupid.

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Joe Biden Is Barack Obama's Vice Presidential Running Mate

AP | BETH FOUHY and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is calling his running mate, Joe Biden, "a leader who is ready to step in and...

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Joe Biden Gets Call (Maybe. . .) and Yells: "Where is Blinken?"

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

Some in the Foreign Relations Committee office in the Senate have said that I should not read anything in to Antony Blinken being back in Washington. Right. . . Something is up -- and it's very good.

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23/6: Obama, If You Don't Text Us Soon, CNN Will Go Insane!

236.com | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics

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Wait 'Til America Gets to Know Jill Biden

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

I can't wait til America gets to know Jill Biden. As down to earth and serious about education as they come. She's a working mom like many others around the country.

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The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Who Cares About Your Running Mate?

Jeffrey Jena | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics

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Jeffrey Jena

Seriously, is there any lefty out there who will leave the Obama camp even if he picks Lassie or a bar of Irish Spring as his running mate?

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I'm Just Sayin': Biden's Ancient Word Theft No Longer an Issue

Phil Trounstine | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

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Phil Trounstine

As the reporter who first revealed Biden's filching of Robert F. Kennedy's words, I hereby declare that the statute of limitations on those transgressions has expired.

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Clinton Most "Interesting" VP Choice

Craig Crawford | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

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Craig Crawford

Unless an electrifying name we have not heard is in the wings, only Clinton would be a really big story. Which is, of course, not necessarily what Obama needs.

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Why "Radio Silence" Can be a Good Thing in VP Selection

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

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Steve Clemons

Be thankful for radio silence I guess when other candidates for VP like Daschle and Bayh are getting phone calls saying, "Sorry....but we look forward to working with you in many other ways in the coming years."

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Obama's VP To Be Showcased On Saturday

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

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The Obama team, in the run-up to the Democratic convention, will showcase the new Obama ticket Saturday in Springfield at the Old State Capitol, where...

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