Joementum
Thursday, August 21st, 2008All the speculation, hand-wringing, and brow-furrowing (check out some of the lefty blogs) about Joe Biden as veep overlook the essential reason Biden is far and away the best choice — and not just for Obama’s chances, but for America. Yes, he voted for the war (though he proposed an alternative to the AUMF that if passed, might have prevented it). Yes, he voted for the bankruptcy bill liberals loathe (though I can’t really get worked up about it, except that it looks like a pretty gross giveaway to the worst state on the Acela corridor). Yes, he’s incredibly pompous, is capable of behaving like a jerk, has been around so long he can scarcely remember not being a member of the senate and has little valuable non-senatorial experience; yes, even if he avoids some ridiculous verbal gaffe, it’ll be stunning if he doesn’t have a few interminable self-back-patting soliloquies (though on the flip side, all the foregoing makes him immensely entertaining). Yes, he’s been saying unhelpful things about the Russia-Georgia standoff.
It’s good that Ezra Klein