Barack Obama Vice President

Tina Fey for Vice President

Vanessa Richmond | Posted 09.19.2008 | Entertainment


Vanessa Richmond

Fey actually understands Palin -- well enough to be a dead-wringer for her -- so could actually mount an intelligent, effective attack. Unlike, say, the current Democrats.

Phony Biden Broadcast And Disturbing Palin Church Sermon Raise Alarms Among Jews

Jan McGirk | Posted 09.04.2008 | Home


Jan McGirk

As Americans debate family values and experience levels, Israelis have also been focused on the vice presidential candidates. They have been sizing up Biden and Palin according to their foreign policy stances and political affiliations.

Obama-Biden Trumps McCain-Rove

Erik Ose | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics


Erik Ose

Biden's acceptance speech proved what the citizens of Delaware have known for a long time: Biden is a regular Joe with all-American family values who also happens to be a Senator.

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

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics


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?

Why Biden is Such an Important Pick for the Climate

Joseph Romm | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics


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.

10 Obama/Biden Gaffes (So Far)

Scott Shrake | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


Scott Shrake

After Hillary dropped out, I lost my enthusiasm for this presidential campaign. But I'll tell you what. The fire in the belly that these two guys evinced on that stage today actually got me excited again.

Help! My BFF Obama Isn't Following Me On Twitter

Diane Tucker | Posted 08.23.2008 | Home


Diane Tucker

John McCain invited me to a convention-watching party! I think I'll go. What will my BFF Obama think? Who cares? I haven't received a single text or email from him during the month of August. Not one!

How Joe Biden Should Respond to McCain's Attack Ad

Bart Motes | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


Bart Motes

the McCain campaign is running a cute new ad featuring some snippets of Joe Biden questioning Barack Obama's experience and praising John McCain. Trouble?

Senator Biden is the Right Man at the Right Time

James P. Rubin | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


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.

McCain on Biden: Should have, didn't

David Weinberger | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


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...

Why Joe Biden is Vital and the Right Choice

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


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.

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

Scott Swenson | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


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.

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

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


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.

Nico Pitney

Hillary Clinton, GOP Senators Cheer Biden VP Pick

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


Obama spokesman Bill Burton sends around warm statements about the Biden VP pick from three GOP Senators (who, it should be noted, buck the party's rh...

Is Joe Biden Good For Labor? Mostly, Yes.

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


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.

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

Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


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."

America's Middle Class: Is Biden Your Guy?

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


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.

Biden His Time

Bob Franken | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


Bob Franken

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

It's Biden -- Ho-Hum

Richard Silverstein | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


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.

Obama's 3 AM Phone Call

Melissa Hapke | Posted 08.23.2008 | Home


I'm so sleepy, I can make out the text but even thinking about what Obama and Biden are going to have get busy doing in the next few months and, if they win, in the next few years -- no, I can't go there, too exhausting.

Obama-Biden logo revealed

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


Christina Bellantoni

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

'The best Biden I can be'

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


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...

The Text Is In! Biden Is VP! Thanks For The Update!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 08.23.2008 | Media


It's 3:31 a.m. EST and a text message just came in on my phone: Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee. Watch the first Obama-Biden ...

McCain, Not Obama, Picked VP Biden

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


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.

Exclusive! Biden's First Words On Being Selected!

Martin Lewis | Posted 08.23.2008 | Politics


Martin Lewis

"I feel as if I am walking with destiny, and that all my past life has been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial... I have nothing to ...