The Observation Deck

I'm okay with Biden.

I'm in the tiny minority of those who evaluate Obama's experience and capability and cognitive chops, and have reason to understand his package is vastly superior to that of the ol' prune McCain.

I expect all politicians to evade, distort, manipulate data, and fib.

I've never voted for a Republican in my life. They're almost always bad news for my investments.

You know it was a damned if you do damned if you don't kind of decision.

agreed, but wasn't there anyone else out there that he could have picked to fill the "experience" hole? Someone perhaps that didn't say all those things about Obama at the debates?

Picking Biden certainly assures us all one thing... that we're now doomed to hear nothing substantive now for yet another couple of months.

Regardless, now we just need one more piece of information: McCain VP?

I'm still hoping for Condi Rice.

Have dates been set yet for the debates?

I think the only reason not to select Condi is to stay away from Bush. But he seems to be embracing the Bush legacy. So why not.

I think she would bring a lot of excitment to the campaign. Do you think the rank and file Republicans would accept an African American woman on the ticket though?

picking someone just to distance himself from Bush would be like Obama picking someone just to add creditable experience. It helps with the overall balance but more than that, it dilutes the message they've been trying to push so far.

If McCain goes with someone like Lieberman, than what would that say? "My judgement was correct all allong, but just in case, I'll get myself a vp that covers all the other bases"?

That's not a very strong position.

I have no idea what the rank and file Republicans will do (not being one myself), I think they could vote for McCain/Rice, but honestly, just like the rank and file Democrats, in the end, they'd probably vote for anything with the right letter after the name.

it will be nice to have the campaign ads grow to encompass the running mates.

the McCain ads on television are still calling Obama a Celebrity. A nasty sounding narrator claims Obama is the biggest celebrity on the planet. There is no objective comparison between McCain's level of celebrity and Obama's level of celebrity. The nominees of the two main parties are usually become quite prominent in the press.

If my memory serves me correctly, the Malfoys and their allies routinely name-called Harry Potter a Celebrity throughout the first six books. We all know how that turned out!

I really don't get those McCain ads. We have a presidential candidate who is popular not just in America, but in other countries around the world. In this age when diplomacy and international relations is more important than ever before, and will continue to increase in importance, how can that be seen as a negative?

Stephen Calhoun wrote:I'm okay with Biden.

I'm in the tiny minority of those who evaluate Obama's experience and capability and cognitive chops, and have reason to understand his package is vastly superior to that of the ol' prune McCain.

I expect all politicians to evade, distort, manipulate data, and fib.

I've never voted for a Republican in my life. They're almost always bad news for my investments.

LOL... Repubs are always good for big business... Maybe this is a case of user error

Biden already endorsed McCain for President

Biden already endorsed McCain for president