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Obama Chooses Biden as Running Mate — WASHINGTON — Senator Barack Obama has chosen Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware to be his running-mate, turning to a leading authority on foreign policy and a longtime Washington hand to fill out the Democratic ticket, people told of the decision said.
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Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Analysis: Biden pick shows lack of confidence — Featured Topics: - John McCain - Barack Obama — DENVER - 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 …
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Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
U.S. Secret Service on Way to Biden's House; Kaine and Bayh Told Nope on Veep — The United States Secret Service has dispatched a protective detail to assume the immediate protection of Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., a source tells ABC News, indicating in all likelihood that Biden …
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CNN:
Sources: Obama picks Joe Biden as VP candidate — (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama has picked Delaware Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate, multiple Democratic sources tell CNN. — The longtime Democratic senator was long considered a likely choice for vice president, but the buzz surrounding …
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Bill Nichols / The Politico:
The ticket: Obama-Biden — Barack Obama has ended an intense and highly secretive search for a vice-presidential nominee by settling on Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware—a choice calculated to offset some of the weaknesses in Obama's own resume and produce a ticket that marries messages of change and experience.
Bridget Johnson:
So Joe Biden is ‘change’? — Oh, my my my my... remember this was the guy who marveled about Barack Obama being “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy”? The AP is reporting that Joe Biden is Obama's No. 2, and that the text message …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Obama Picks Biden as V.P. — Barack Obama confers with Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which Biden chairs. — Barack Obama has chosen Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his vice presidential running mate, a pick designed to shore …
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
O'Biden! O'Biden! O'Biden! — Since we're at the beginning of this story, let me say — again (or again) — I have something of a weak spot for Biden. I think he's an honestly smart guy. I think he's a bleeding heart in many of the best — and worst — senses of the term.
Marc Ambinder:
Obama Picks Sen. Joe Biden — This is a formidable ticket, and a risky ticket, and not a comfort zone choice for Obama. — Put aside the obvious: Biden has foreign policy meat on his bones...He's a great debater... he has a working-class Scranton-bred Irish-Catholic heritage …
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain to air Biden TV ad — Ensuring that the network and cable news coverage of Barack Obama's vice presidential announcement includes their opponent, John McCain's campaign is going up on the air with an ad featuring Joe Biden praising his GOP colleague and questioning whether the Democrat is ready for the White House.
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
That's the Ticket! — Why loquacious Delaware senator Joe Biden is a terrific vice-presidential pick for Barack Obama. — It's a great pick! He connects with blue-collar voters and reassures voters worried about Barack Obama's foreign policy inexperience. — Senator Joe Biden, Barack Obama's vice-presidential selection
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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Biden speaks _ and speaks _ his own mind … WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama told everyone he wanted a running mate who will challenge his thinking, and now he's got one. Joe Biden's tendency to speak his own mind—and speak and speak—is entwined in his DNA.
Associated Press:Obama taps Biden to be running mate
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Chris Reed / America's Finest Blog:Joe Biden's 1988 gaffe and his explanation: “I exaggerate when I'm angry”
Gitell / Dispatches from Seth Gitell:Unpublished: Joe Biden on Obama and More
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Dan / Riehl World View:
Did Obama Just Lose The Election? — It's lost in the Veep hype for now. Down the stretch that won't be the case. After he is softened up and a growing number of Americans are given reasons for concern over Obama's Leftism - there's this and some pertinent facts on China below.
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
AGAINST EARLY CABINETS, AGAINST HAGEL. — Esteemed former editor guy Mike Tomasky says, “What if Obama is set to announce more than his veep? What if he's going to announce, say, a couple of major Cabinet appointments in addition to his vice president? I loooove this idea.
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