Mr. Biden has twice attempted to get the Presidential nomination, in 1988 and twenty years later, in 2008. Perhaps he sees the VP office as a great way to make the White House his home eventually?
Obama has made a carefully measured choice. Biden is a Democratic Senator with loads of experience, having served six terms on Capitol Hill. He’s also an Irish-Catholic, another example of how Obama plans to court undecided, church-going constituents. Biden is a longtime member of the Senate Foreign
The Presidential race heated up this week, as Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain each accused the other of exploiting racial divisiveness. Barack Obama has a white, American mother and a black, African father, but identifies himself primarily with black African-Americans.
Obama spent the previous week campaigning overseas and made the remarks after returning to the US. He addressed a town hall on July 30 in Springfield, Missouri, where he said, "So nobody really thinks that Bush or McCain have a real answer for the challenges we face, so what they're going to try to do is
