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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
FOURNIER IS AT IT AGAIN.... The latest piece from Ron Fournier, the AP's Washington bureau chief and the man responsible for directing the wire service's coverage of the presidential campaign, on Joe Biden joining the Democratic ticket, is drawing a fair amount of attention this morning.
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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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Nate / FiveThirtyEight.com:
Can Biden Out-Hillary Hillary? — The principal rationale for selecting Hillary Clinton as Barack Obama's running mate is that she would have united Democrats behind their nominee at a time when they have a substantial advantage in party identification. John Kerry received 89 percent …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
HAPPINESS IS A THING CALLED JOE — Barack Obama's selection of Joe Biden as his running mate is underwhelming for many reasons, but it affords an opportunity to review a few of the moments that might have provided all the embarrassment a normal man would have needed to escape from public life.
Rasmussen Reports:
Biden Viewed Favorably by 43%, Seen as Politically Liberal by 41% — Illinois Senator Barack Obama has selected Delaware Senator Joe Biden to be his Vice Presidential Running Mate. While the suspense was maintained until nearly the last minute, Biden had been the frontrunner all week according to Rasmussen Markets data.
Anita Thompson / TalkLeft:
Brooding on Biden — Share This: Digg! — Okay, I just arrived to Jerri's house, driving from Owl Farm through a massive rain storm through the Rocky Mountains. — Yes, I've been brooding about our new VP candidate. The only people I've seen doing back flips over the Biden affair are Joe Biden and John McCain.
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Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Joe Biden's Mouth: ‘If the Sparks Fly, So Be It’ — “The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation,” said a TV ad for Sen. Joe Biden's 1988 presidential campaign.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:New McCain Ad Hits Biden, Airs Footage Of Him Saying He'd Run With McCain
Michael Goldfarb / John McCain 2008:Why 3 a.m.? — Less than two weeks ago, Obama campaign manager …
Patrick Ruffini / techPresident:Epic Text Message Fail? Media Gets Biden News Hours Before Supporters
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
RACISM IS THE ONLY REASON MCCAIN MIGHT BEAT HIM. — What with the Bush legacy of reckless war and economic mismanagement, 2008 is a year that favors the generic Democratic candidate over the generic Republican one. Yet Barack Obama, with every natural and structural advantage in the presidential race …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
MSNBC guest: Biden's racial gaffes are rather refreshingly politically incorrect, aren't they? — Golly, maybe this has been McCain's problem all along. When the dumbest hacks in the lefty blogosphere attacked him for coded messages in the Britney ad, I thought they were objecting to the alleged message.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Looks Like The Obama Campaign Laid An Egg — By way of the Ace we see this image hosted at the Obama website (I am not the most computer-savvy guy going, but I am satisfied this is no spoof.) — Coupled as it is with the Biden announcement, I can only infer that the Obamaites think they laid an egg (no dissent here).
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Joe Klein / Swampland:
Biden on McCain — Kudos to the McCain campaign for having the Biden ad—posted below by Karen—ready to go. But it probably won't have a very long shelf-life because Biden's opinion of his old friend John McCain has changed significantly—for the worse—during the course of this campaign.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
What Does This Really Tell Us? — Leaving aside all the necessary gaming of how this affects the election, what does the selection of Biden tell us about Obama's potential decision-making as president? This is the second big decision of the national campaign (the first was opting out of public financing).
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Voters Want More From Obama — After being pummeled for weeks by John McCain, and losing some of his slender lead in the polls, the Obama campaign may finally be showing signs of life. — Barack Obama was always a long shot to win the White House. It's no secret that some portion …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:Biden — The clip above explains the rationale, I'd say.
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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.
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
McCain Goes There — John McCain largely has avoided hot button social issues to the consternation of some in the conservative base. He has ignored the brewing controversy over Barack Obama's Born Alive Infants legislative voting record and he hasn't made much comment on the highly successful (for him) Rick Warren forum.
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