Posted on 08/24/2008 8:27:28 AM PDT by maccaca
Barack Obama's selection of U.S. Sen. and former presidential candidate Joe Biden as his running mate is not generating a momentous immediate reaction from the nation's voters. Just 14% of registered voters interviewed in a new USA Today/Gallup poll say Biden makes them more likely to vote for Obama in November and 7% say less likely while 72% say he will not have much effect on their vote. This results in Biden potentially having a net positive impact on voter support for the Democratic ticket of +7 percentage points -- small by comparison with other recent vice presidential selections. A net 17% of nationwide registered voters said they were more likely to vote for John Kerry in 2004 on the basis of his selection of John Edwards as his running mate (24% more likely and 7% less likely). A net 12% of voters reported being more likely to vote for Al Gore in 2000 on account of his choosing Joe Lieberman (16% more likely and 4% less likely). A net 18% of voters indicated they were more likely to vote for Bob Dole in 1996 on the basis of his choice of Jack Kemp to complete the ticket (26% more likely and 8% less likely). A net 25% of voters were more likely to vote for Bill Clinton in 1992 on account of Al Gore (33% more likely and 8% less likely). The only recent vice presidential choices to spark less voter reaction than Biden were Dick Cheney in 2000 (net 4%, with 14% more likely and 10% less likely) and Dan Quayle in 1988 (net score of 0, with 10% more likely and 10% less likely).
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I saw where an earlier poll revealed that he would hurt the ticket.
No harm yet. I say remove the bridle and let him run.
What, no bounce?
I watched Biden yesterday on the news, and he was just spraying the same old liberal crap all over anyone who would watch -— the same old tired, fraudulent liberal play book crap. Obama, the lightweight he is, needed a mouthpiece and he got one. And that is all Biden is. Another generic, textbook lib.
This is real nightmare stuff: If Obambi is elected and, God forbid, anything happened to him, we’d have Biden as president. And, God forbid, if anything happened to Biden, we’d have that utter moron Pelosi. Horrible.
Biden is the one most single reason that we have ultra-liberals on the Federal Courts.
He is an extreme liberal.
Certainly will if we start looking into some things. Like, if Biden makes less than $200K/yr (I’m guessing), and pays $250/roundtrip (AMTRAK site’s Acela fare) to commute home every night (don’t we all), say 4 times week for say 40 weeks per year, where does that $40,000 come from? And so what, he commutes home? On that train it’s about 1-1.5 hours, about the same amount of time it took me to drive 35 miles home when I worked in DC and lived in MD. I’d love to see how much he pushed AMTRAK subsidies — each daily r/t probably cost us $500-750 in real terms to the taxpayer.
He’s ranked as the third most liberal Senator, and he’s been repeating the liberal playbook for over three decades. That’s exactly what he is expected to do.
Joe Biden isn’t one to remain in the back seat for very long. This will be interesting.
Biden will play attack dog from now until the election so Obooma won’t have to get down into the mud. Biden will start to look like a taller Howard Dean as time goes on.
Says it all! ;-)
My guess is that the taxpayers and/or his campaign pay for his commuting expenses.
The only thing I like about Biden is that he is a Catholic.
In the end voters for or against the guy at the top of the ticket.
That would make a great bumper sticker
Your poll must have been with people that knew him. :)
Just keep him talking....
Biden:"I am not some monkey see,monkey do politician"
Doogle: oh yeah?
and yet he voted for the war so he’s still not good enough for moveon.
Obama now has a partner in his ride to oblivion.
Catholic in name only... I remember Biden's remark a few months ago about how he would strangle anyone with his rosary beads if they questioned his faith.
There are just so many things wrong with that remark I hardly know where to begin.
I am also curious... I haven't heard the word "gravitas" thrown around by the media the way it was when Cheney was brought on the Bush ticket for the VP slot.
He must be a holdover from the Spanish Inquisition.
Biden is a walking, talking harm.There is no way he could help anyone or anything. He is a huge mistake, period
I used to see Biden at Union Station regularly but usually only on Friday afternoon. I commuted every day (from Baltimore). My impression was he stayed in Washington through the week and went home on the weekends. I could be wrong about this. Back then, he rode the Metroliner.
Just wait. We’ll make him into a liability.
Bingo.
Just his last 2 years of quotes are enough to make him a huge target.
Maybe they just want heat taken off Barry?
How long is the train ride ?
I’d estimate that his commute may equal or be shorter than some inter Washington travel by car.
In any case the working man persona seems to be the major strength they are trying to create.
He's pro-abortion, how Catholic can he really be?
Biden is like the obnoxious uncle who shows up drunk at all the family reunions, talks non-stop, tells stupid jokes, and asks for a loan on the way out.
Young voters will see him this way.
Biden is a pro-abortion Catholic—the worst kind of Catholic.
In Joe Biden, Obama would get one of the fiercest abortion proponents in the Senate and someone who has made a reputation of out badgering Supreme Court nominees about abortion during confirmation hearings.
In fact, before he dropped out of the Democratic primary race Obama eventually won, Biden confirmed he would have a pro-abortion litmus test for his own possible judicial picks.
“I would not appoint anyone who did not understand that Section 5 of the 14th Amendment and the Liberty Clause of the 14th Amendment provided a right to privacy ... which means they would support Roe v. Wade,” he said in a November debate.
Biden’s pro-abortion track record in the Senate mirrors Obama’s.
He received a pro-life voting record of 0 percent from the National Right to Life Committee for 2007-2008.
Before that, Biden compiled records of 0 percent, 16 percent, 0 percent, and 22 percent with the pro-life group in previous Congressional sessions. His support for a ban on partial-birth abortions represented the only time he voted with the pro-life side — with Biden voting repeatedly to force taxpayers to fund abortions at home and abroad.
http://www.lifenews.com/nat4152.html
Biden — this is the man who has tried to get the presidential brass ring twice now but couldn’t even make it out of the primaries.
Why in the world would anyone think he could bring success to a presidential campaign in the #2 spot?
The only reason I care is because he spells disaster to Obama’s campaign.
How long is the train ride ?
I’d estimate that his commute may equal or be shorter than some inter Washington travel by car.
In any case the working man persona seems to be the major strength they are trying to create.
Thanks,
I suspected that this “ great sacrifice “ was probably equal to a car ride around a major city.
Agree on them getting the credit for all the research, speeches that others prepare. This comes out when they don’t have an ear piece available, and they really have to speak for themselves.
Example. Barry O’B without a teleprompter, or when he’s doing his stand up comedian act trying to make a joke out of something critical that’s been said about him.
Justo one other thought about this whole “Joe Biden commute” thing. The aspect of a commute like his (and mine back then) that matters is NOT how long you are on the train but how you get home from the station once you arrive. I had another 55 minutes on two city buses. Betcha Joe gets picked up at the station in a gas guzzler and is whisked home (or parks his guzzler at the station and carbon-footprints his way back to the mansion).
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