econtalk

My VP is???

In a few hours we will be getting texts and emails from Obama announcing his pick for VP, the best kept secret in years. So I figured my prediction must be posted before then to be credible as a prognosis.

Ok, here goes. In this case there is no difference between who I would like him to pick and who I think he will pick, and it is Joe Biden. He was probably the most qualified to answer the 3AM call among all the presidential candidates D or R, so he would be a great VP too. He has been fully vetted by past campaigns, including attempts to accuse him of plagerism. He is the best "attack dog" among all the prospects. He is a little prone to talk too much, but is not the type that would tend to be insubordinate to the Pres, such as a Clinton might. Well, all the pundits try to hedge their bets too, so I also will give two dark horses who would also be very good. The first of these is John Kerry and the even darker dark horse is Congressman Edwards. Problem with him is that some informed voters may see "Edwards" on the ticket and mistake it for That Senator who.... I could even imagine the Republican attack machine trying to help people make that mistake. So there it is and just in time to beat Obama to the punch.

posted by econtalk @ 10:15 PM