"Republicans will be disappointed that Obama picked Biden" ~ Chuck Todd.

[mzmolly]

Just now, on MSNBC. I like to disappoint Republicans.

Edited to add >>> :evilgrin:

[saltpoint]

1. Yes, they will. A good number may blow their brains out, in fact.

Joe Biden is going to help Obama win election, but he's also going to help him govern after Inauguration.

Great pick by Barack Obama, great Todd quotation fielded by a great DUer.

Hiya, mzmolly.

[mzmolly]

10. Hiya OC!

:hi: Great to 'see' you. Again, you're much to kind. :blush:

[WeDidIt]

12. Though he won't be pulling the strings like Cheney

Biden will be an incredibly powerful vice president.

[saltpoint]

20. Yep. Joe knows his way around the Senate as well as anybody and

a good deal of Obama's legacy will be determined on that Senate floor.

I like the idea of Biden marshalling resources and ideas for international policy, too.

[crimsonblue]

24. no he won't

Obama has stated that he willrun the executive, not the VP. Hopefully, he will will go back to the old position of figurehead that a VP should be.

[ErinBerin84]

2. he totally called what the McCain camp statement would be.

and now Kelly O'Donnel is on..it is the usual stuff about "Biden has been one of the harshest critics of Obama's foreign policy abilities, blah blah blah", in other words going straight to Obama instead of Biden.

[mzmolly]

6. He sure did! And he added, if this is the best they got...

It's nice to see a smartly run campaign. I've been passionate about Democrats for sometime, but frustrated with the strategy. So far, so good.

[FrenchieCat]

3. I'm really liking this Obama decision.

The GOP didn't think he'd have the guts.

HAHAHA!

GOBama GoBiden!

[Sugarcoated]

4. And that the first attack on Biden

is his criticism of Obama's lack of experience to be President, then they must not have a whole lot to go after him on. Aside from a blip in the '88 election, he's pretty clean . . . aside from his gaffs over the years - but hey, McCain is a gaff machine.

[tridim]

5. Is MSNBC back live?

I have a commercial now.

[ErinBerin84]

7. it's live, I think that they're taking a rare commrecial break right now

[Eurobabe]

9. YESSS, the actually pre-empted Lockup Raw

or whatever that shit is that they broadcast in the wee hours of the AM.

[Renew Deal]

16. It's live

But it seems to be all call in.

[valerief]

8. The debates going to be FUN! Obama and Biden, both smart,

both capable of thinking on their feet, against…Mutt and Jeff.

[HughMoran]

11. I'd like to do a bit more than just "disappoint" Republicans

...but it'll do for now :D

[ErinBerin84]

13. a McCain supporter on CNN actually said that this would make McCain choose Mittens,

Ha! I hope so. Biden vs Mittens debates would be gold, and we probably could find many more quotes that Mittens had on McCain than Biden had on Obama.

[tridim]

15. I think Mittens is shitting his pants right now.

[valerief]

19. I don't think he's smart enough to be worried. He truly is a Ken doll. nt

[tridim]

22. Yea, I get a distinct Dan Quayle vibe from him.

I can't wait for the VP debate. :)

[valerief]

25. He'll stay on point, but that will be it. He's so vapid. nt

[mzmolly]

17. I agree.

I was thinking that as well. :hi:

[johnnydrama]

21. that's so strange

How would Mittens counter Biden.

The fact is McCain is 72. People are going to give his VP pick extra scrutiny.

[opihimoimoi]

14. A Great Decision...gutsy and Pragmatic at once....nerves of steel...Obama/Biden

will carry the Torch for Reason/Truth/Sanity and Common Good

[Colobo]

18. Biden will bring Obama to the top. No doubt!

[curious one]

23. I am expecting fireworks now. Good choice.

[highplainsdem]

26. They would have been terrified if he'd chosen Clinton. But Biden is the best of the non-Clinton

choices. Todd's right about that. The polls show it. (And also showed Clinton would have been best.)

[OmahaBlueDog]

27. Naw, I think they were licking their chops for Hillary

They spent millions on a propaganda piece called "Hillary: The Movie." They got to dust off all that old Vince Foster and the-Clintons-were-smuggling-drugs and the Clintons-kill-all-their opponents bullcrap.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

28. Those are the two my husband and I were hoping for.

Clinton or Biden.

[Renew Deal]

30. Hillary was dragging Obama down in the polls.

But that's pointless now.

[Divine Discontent]

29. yippeeeeee! I love it! this will make their heads explode

let their attack on him begin, because he's gonna give it back 10x worse!

more at www.cafepress.com/obamabiden2008

[Pisces]

31. They all wanted Hillary, hence the dream ticket meme. Too bad their wet dream of Hillary is lost.

[Thrill]

32. Someone like Randi Rhodes will be thrilled with this ticket