QandO

May 01, 2004

Biden for VP?
Posted by McQ

Robert Novack says:

Influential Democrats are urging Sen. John Kerry to consider Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, the party's principal voice on foreign policy, as his choice for vice president. Picking the 61-year-old Biden would be reminiscent of George W. Bush's selection in 2000 of Dick Cheney, then 59. Biden, like Cheney, would be chosen for his qualifications to succeed to the presidency rather than for influencing electoral votes of a large swing state. As the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's top Democrat, he supported military action against Iraq and is less critical of President Bush than Kerry has been.

Biden, who has served in the Senate for 31 years, considered running for president this year but decided against it. His bid for the Democratic nomination in 1988 was aborted when he was discovered delivering a speech lifted from a British politician.

Frankly I think Kerry needs someone who can add a little fire to his campaign, and Biden isn't that person. Additionally, Biden has a bit of a past, alluded too above, which might prove problematic in the short time he'll be on the campaign stage. My guess is he'd spend most of his time swatting at the plagiarism flies.

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