As I conjectured in this recent post, it's now official- "Lying" Joe Biden is the Democratic party's VP candidate, joining the Illinois freshman Senator on their hilariously ill-prepared ticket.
Being from the midwest, I think choosing Evan Bayh would have been a better bet for the Democrats. While on the left, Bayh and his family have a pretty solid history of being effective, common sense Democrats, although that is admittedly an oxymoron.
Bayh has a conventional pedigree for higher office- mayor of his state's major city, governor, and, now, Senator. Personally, I'd have been okay with him on the lower half of the rookie Illinois Senator's ticket, because Bayh comes from such classically middle-of-the-road roots. Much moreso than Illinois, which has the chronically-troubled Chicago tilting state finances, policies and politics in its direction, Indiana is more uniformly rural or lightly urban in its composition.
With Biden, however, the Dems offer the country another empty suit. Aside from his notable credentials as a plagiarist and failed presidential candidate, what has Biden ever done of import?
Nothing.
Now we have three Senators in the race for the White House. It's a good bet McCain will choose a Republican governor- past or present. Maybe that difference alone will be the edge that the ex-Navy flyer needs.
Let's see- Johnson and Nixon were our last Presidents who were Senators. That's not a record you'd want to emulate, is it? And they were experienced pols. Especially Johnson.
I suppose the best you can hope for this time is that McCain gets the nod because he's seen as more, and better-experienced, as well as less of a liar than either of the Democrats on their ticket.
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