Tip your hand: Obama picked Biden as a trojan horse ploy (Ramblings)

Self | 9/12/2008 | SRM

[palomonte]

I think it’s a huge advantage to pick last - as well as having your convention last.
I have nothing to substantiate this but - I truly believe that Biden was the only one who would agree to run with this bozo.
I don’t think Obama had many to choose from.

[papasmurf]

Heh, even if he wins, O’Bama will use him as a scapegoat for every decision he makes. LOL

[goodolemr]

I suspect that too. I wonder if some Dems behind closed doors thought the bottom would fall out on Obama, so Biden became the default ho-hum choice.

Of course, we all know he didn’t even consider Hillary. I’m not certain she would have accepted even if he had asked.

The way this played out give Hillary the chance at riding in after the election on her white horse, the Speaker and Reid marginzalized for opposing the Clinton machine, Hillary firmly the leader of the Democractic party and a clear path in 2012.

[NavyCanDo]

As much as he disliked putting Biden on the ticket, he badly needed to pick up the blue collar white male vote, especially in Ohio, Penn, Mich, and Virginia - states that he must win. But with the Palin pick he received a Net Loss in that voting block, and add to that the majority of voting women who are going with Palin/McCain.
The Bidens and the Obama’s don't even look comfortable together. A true odd couple. And with Biden becoming a real embarrassment on the campaign trail, things are getting worse. Ya gotta love it!

[palomonte]

I think you hit the nail on the head,

[politicket]

OK folks....here is what is going to happen:

Barack Obambi will go through the end of next week, watching his campaign swirl its last ripple in the commode of the Demonratic party - AND THEN - Joe Biden will need to withdraw from the VP slot due to health concerns. Hillary will accept the nomination for VP and Bill Clinton has already been promised a gig heading up the UN.

BUT WAIT! They will quickly find out that many states have already started printing their ballots and are not willing to remove Joe Biden's name.

SO....the Demonrats will take the position of "victims" and begin filing suits all the way up to the Supreme Court - due to the "fact" that they have been "disenfranchised".

You heard it here first... ;-)

[johnnycap]

If Biden leaves the electorate WILL punish Obama. Period.

[DiogenesLaertius]

Obama isn’t calculating at all. Given all of Obama’s campaign decisions, I think it really shows what an amateur he is.

It’s clear Obama’s strategy is play it safe and keep repeating that McCain=Bush.

Palin undo’s the Bush conenction and McCain has been more daring on the change front.

Obama’s response to that is to attack Palin which has turned off the youth and female vote.

And his hardcore supporters in the left have created huge expectations in the debate but all of us here know he is terrible off the cuff. The great O is about to be seriously deflated once the debates come around.

[PLMerite]

“I believe most state ballots are set.”

Rules are for little people. They don’t apply to the Clintons.

[AlaskaErik]

Hillary will accept the nomination for VP and Bill Clinton has already been promised a gig heading up the UN.

The current SecGenUN is fairly new to the job and should be around for a while. Also, I believe the SecGenUN cannot be an American citizen.

[Snurple]

Biden is going to leave, its not a question of IF but when. Hill is going to ride in on her broom to save the day....lol

[politicket]

Also, I believe the SecGenUN cannot be an American citizen.

This wouldn't be the case. Bill Clinton is a native of Lewin.

That makes him a "Lewinski"....

Thank you..thank you...don't forget to tip the waiter

[FredZarguna]

First, Obama could not pick Hillary, because she did not want the job. She pretended to want the job in order to put Obama in a box and bail herself out of trouble with the netroots, who hated her for running her campaign for so long (and because of her relatively hawkish initial position on the war.) By offering the job, Hillary made Obama look bad with her supporters when he failed to even vet her, thus damaging him even more. It was a double win for her, and a no-win situation for BHO.

Now the choice of Palin has screwed Hillary. She wanted a McCain win, but now if something happens to McCain, a lot of her glitz comes off as the first woman President.

Obama picked Biden because if he loses PA or MI, it's almost impossible for him to win. Hillary still would not take the job if zer0 pulls an Eagleton. So Biden is in to stay, unless he does something really stupid. Look at the picture of zer0 with Bill Clinton today. These two are standing there like two guys who don't even know each other waiting for a bus.

[Heartland Mom]

Obama is just second-guessing himself again because, yet AGAIN, he has made the wrong choice when faced with a big decision. He is behaving like a man caught on the ropes.