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It's On

Submitted August 23, 2008 - 10:33 am by Brendan Corcoran

So many great thoughts in this and the previous post.  The idea of the 3 am call is terrific, but folks getting burned up about how the traditional media pegged this, is being weak-kneed to say the least.  Was Joe my first choice? No, I woke up dreaming that Chet Edwards was on the ticket.  But, what I like about this is that Obama is yet again demonstrating that HE is the man in charge.  Biden is HIS choice.  He likes the guy--obviously.  Barack's Irish side fits nicely with Joe's Irishness. This is a consummate demonstration of Obama's supreme confidence that he is in charge.  Biden is NOT Obama's foreign policy guru--but somebody who will not be afraid to tell Obama that he's wrong--and Obama is clearly capable of standing and saying, Joe, you're wrong. Obama chose and equal, not a superior nor an inferior.

Obama also OWNS Joe's ass for all of the racist ideations (as Al put it) that Biden has spewed. Obama is brilliantly putting race on the table with this choice--we now get a free public course in how to move white folk along in their evolution into a fully multiracial society.  Biden can talk to white folks about his screw-ups and talk (or Obama can talk explicitly or implicitly about Biden's screw-ups) about how, while he is NOT a racist, racism has infected him.  He can talk about how he is still growing as an AARP member.  And he can bring a lot of white folk--including avid Obama supporters--into a post-racist (not a post-racial) America.

The more I let this sink in, the more I love this pick.  It means there is NO explanation, no introduction, no proof of his capabilities needed.  It means--as we have seen the last week--that the Obama campaign is ready to turn on the switch and bring the A game right away, without any warm-ups.  It will set the McCain people back as others have mentioned because Biden has his own traumatic story and has a more illustrious Senate career than McCain. Biden has no presidential ambition post Obama' terms, meaning it keeps the future wide open for Warner, Kaine, Chet Edwards, Schweitzer, possibly Sebelius, and all the other up and coming anti-Clintonian Dems.

This is going to be some seriously fun theater.

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