I agree with Jason: Biden is not a great foreign policy mind but a beltway self promoter that tries to blow crises out of proportion to suit his short term media profile. He knew that Iraq had no WMDs but voted for the war, and there’s no benefit whatsoever of building the Georgian conflict up to be some major post-Cold War test of leadership when it’s really a military resolution to the status of a small mountain area that should have been resolved through diplomacy. Biden propped up Chalabi in 2003 and he’s propping up Saakashvili in 2008, and an electorate that considers that foreign policy wisdom is not doing its democratic duty. The pick would also indicate that Obama's criticism of NAFTA in the primary was disingenuous. Biden's selection would constitute a sprint to the right so fast he could be checked for performance enhancers, and would seriously call to question whether activist support and the financial support of middle class voters that want change is warranted.

A Schweitzer pick would place the most popular, qualified, and successful leaders at the top of the party and those with a slower learning curve in a position to see what it is they’re doing right. It would also show, as has been said by others, confidence on Obama’s part and resolve to make 2008 a change election. The Bidens and Bayhs in Congress have a lower approval rating than Bush, and in many ways they’ve earned it.