President Obama's Cabinet

Robbie Gennet, 07.25.2008

Many people are talking about what VP choices await Barack Obama, but let's look one step further to Obama's Cabinet and whom he would put in charge of different areas of our country.

Barack Obama's Vice President Will Be...

Chris Kelly, 05.30.2008

Obama just needs a running mate who's old, Hispanic, southern, female and enjoys state-sponsored violence, especially war.

Wait 'Til America Gets to Know Jill Biden

Steve Clemons, 08.22.2008

I can't wait til America gets to know Jill Biden. As down to earth and serious about education as they come. She's a working mom like many others around the country.

Joe Biden: No True Friend of Working Men and Women

Jackson Williams, 08.23.2008

Of all the presidential contenders lined up on the stage in last year's AFL-CIO Chicago debate, Biden was the only one who had voted for the 2005 bill.

Obama-Biden logo revealed

Christina Bellantoni, 08.23.2008

  So it's official, Barack Obama picked Joe Biden, one of the most colorful characters out there.   BarackOb...

Obama Will Name Bayh his VP Choice on Wednesday

Bil Browning, 08.04.2008

While Washington Post columnist Chris Cillizza has positioned Bayh at the top of the heap for a few weeks now, after getting tips and making some logical conclusions the choice is obvious. Why?

Pro-Choice Catholic Biden Fits with New Poll of Catholic Voters

Scott Swenson, 08.23.2008

Biden understands the American value of separating personal faith from public duty in our democracy, and his positions on sexual and reproductive health issues demonstrate that clearly.

McCain vs Biden: Not All "Foreign Policy Experience" Is Created Equal

Arianna Huffington, 08.25.2008

The past seven-plus years have shown us that "foreign policy experience," in and of itself, isn't all it's cracked up to be. For Exhibit A of this look no further than George Bush's most "experienced" foreign policy advisor: Dick Cheney. How's that working out?

Why Joe Biden is Vital and the Right Choice

Steve Clemons, 08.23.2008

Biden's competence will help Obama be able to remain Obama. Insider or not, Biden is liked by the country -- and he's smart.

Senator Biden is the Right Man at the Right Time

James P. Rubin, 08.23.2008

Biden knows that America is not just a military power but also a peacemaker. And he knows that American ideals must be tempered by a hard-headed realism about the way the world really works.

McCain, Not Obama, Picked VP Biden

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, 08.23.2008

Biden is on the ticket soley to parry McCain's hit point that Obama is a greenhorn on foreign policy and national security. Time will tell whether Biden will be much good in doing that.

Joe Biden Gets Call (Maybe. . .) and Yells: "Where is Blinken?"

Steve Clemons, 08.22.2008

Some in the Foreign Relations Committee office in the Senate have said that I should not read anything in to Antony Blinken being back in Washington. Right. . . Something is up -- and it's very good.

Joe Biden Explains His 'Clean' Obama Comment -- to Jon Stewart

Greg Mitchell, 08.23.2008

Biden told Stewart that the "word that really got me in trouble" was calling Obama "clean....I should have said fresh. What I meant was he's got new ideas."

My Choice for Vice President

Norman Lear, 08.19.2008

If I wasn't certain it would be like pounding sand down a rat hole, I would be taking out full page ads to tell the world I saw the man who should be the running mate for either Obama or McCain.

Obama's Short List for VP Leaked to Press

Lee Camp, 05.14.2008

Is Joe Biden Good For Labor? Mostly, Yes.

Jonathan Tasini, 08.23.2008

Where are the disagreements? Mostly over trade and immigration. Biden, initially, was a strong support of so-called "free trade" but he seems to have shifted his position a bit in the past few years.