In retrospect, many Democrats decided that their 2004 Convention was a missed opportunity. At the time, it all seemed so glorious, with Barack Obama blowing the auditorium away, Bill Clinton making the faithful swoon and John Kerry, at the climax, “reporting for duty.” The problem, according to the post-game analysis, was so much of the [...]
From TIME’s Amy Sullvan: 1. The selection of Joe Biden as Obama’s running mate means one thing I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere: The return of Mrs. Biden! Not the Senator’s wife, Jill, but his feisty 90-year-old mother, Jean. She lives with the Bidens in Delaware and was a hoot on the campaign trail during the [...]
I just got my first glimpse of the convention floor. The Delaware delegation has just about the worst spot in the place. Something tells me that is going to change…
Ana is right that Biden has spent virtually his entire working life in the Senate, but there is one aspect of his life that suggests he is not entirely the creature of Washington you might think. In fact, he has kept himself grounded in his home state as few others have (or could): Senator Biden [...]
One thing is for sure, if the Obama folks were worried about the late-night-comedian-jokes-about-their-candidate deficit, the ticket is well-balanced now. I’ve actually always liked Biden — the Senate has become short on characters in modern times, and Biden has self-consciously made himself one. He’s also genuinely smart and funny and compassionate. I held out hope [...]
As long as we are digging out Biden sound bites, take a look at this one from July 15 at the Center for U.S. Global Engagement. I think he pretty well nailed the job interview right here:
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. Biden called me in June to express his amazement that McCain continued [...]
