This pick looks promising – I’m still reading up on her.
In the meantime, my favorite line from National Review Online this morning about Joe Biden:
Real people don’t define “experience” as appearing on unwatched Sunday-morning talk shows every week for 35 years and having been around long enough to have got both the War on Terror and the Cold War wrong.
Joe Biden is actually the pick I was hoping for. He is actually quite a funny guy, but he often takes it too far. It’s only a matter of time before he puts his foot in his mouth again, or perhaps even his entire leg.
The idea that 6 terms in the U.S. Senate make him a “foreign policy expert” is really amusing to me. There’s a big difference between chairing a committee on foreign policy, and being the policy maker and executor of America’s foreign policy.
This goes back to the fact that Senators do not make good presidents. But then again, that’s just my opinion – I could be wrong. And yes, I realize that McCain is in the same boat.
My favorite Biden quote (of this presidential campaign) had to do with Rudy Giuliani:
There’s only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, and a verb and 9/11.
Here it is on YouTube:
Sen. Joseph Lieberman makes far too much sense in an opinion piece in today’s Wall Street Journal. Meanwhile, the kook lefties at Daily Kos react predictably, using lines like “true diplomacy comes from using the velvet glove.”
Personally, this new deal looks like a terrible idea. What I’ve found particularly interesting is the interesting mix of people from both parties that also don’t like it. As you would expect, most Republican presidential candidates are against the deal, even though President Bush is ostensibly for it. It shocks me a little that many Democrats are coming out against it, although most are not using very strong language.
Here’s a rundown. You can click the position of each person for the supporting press release or article that I drew the conclusion from.
| Republicans | Candidate/Person | Position |
| John McCain | For | |
| Rudy Giuliani | Unknown | |
| Mitt Romney | Strongly Against | |
| Newt Gingrich | Strongly Against | |
| Tom Tancredo | Strongly Against | |
| Democrats | Nancy Pelosi | Reservations |
| Harry Reid | Reservations | |
| Barack Obama | Against in current form | |
| Hillary Clinton | Hedging |
The folks over at betterimmigration.com have a lot of information on where the candidates stand, as well.