O'Bama

Forgive the spelling joke. But doesn't it look surprisingly natural? There's a reason for that.

Barack has been the ultimate fusion candidate, the maximum mix man in the age of the mix. But what was left out of Barack's mash-up profile was the white working class, urban and exurban.

Now -- along comes Joe. He can introduce Barack to the bar and the bowling alley. I assume the campaign understand this, but I wonder if they will really take advantage of it. They should.

The best thing about Joe Biden is that he has a sense of humor as well as deep experience, personal irreverence combined with policy seriousness--and it's topped off by occasional lapses into political incorrectness. As in calling Barack clean and articulate. And Barack chose him anyway. That's postmodern chops right there. But it's the kind of postmodern that will appeal to middle America.

If the O'Bama campaign really understands the choice they made you will see, for example, Daily Show style commercials showing Joe teaching Barack how to bowl.

Go for it guys. Get serious -- and get light, get funny. At the same time. Do this whole thing in a new way. It's called confidence. It's called strength.

Comments

[KiwisCanFly]

I like Joe Biden for all the reasons u mention Thomas de Zengotita. More importantly for me, is that Biden will help push thru Congress the changes Obama wants to implement, to get Washington working right.
I have supported Obama from the beginning, but he ain't goofy and Joe can make us really smile. I look forward to watching this heading of the team in operation.

[JDen]

The idea of "Joe" teaching "Barry" how to bowl is inspired. It would diffuse negative ads talking about strength at the bottom of the ticket. Plus, it makes me smile thinking about it.

[Patrick McCabe]

I believe Joe overcame a very popular seasoned politician named Senator J. Caleb Boggs of Delaware way back when in the 70's. Senator Boggs was also a former governor before his long political run was stopped by Joe Biden. That is how Joe's political career in Washington started -- it was by a huge upset that people could not believe.

Now his savvy and inspiration which is part of his modus operandi can be used as VP to put some bite into a campaign that he was made for, as, "Joe" in a small town, or Senator on the international stage.

Democrats will see this campaign take on a new life nationally once the two senators re-arrange the deck chairs after the convention. Obama and Biden will sell big.












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[magawiscas]

I was just saying this today. Picking the guy who called you clean shows a lack of racial hostility in Obama. Or it shows that he was RAISED in a white family where times were sometimes awkward.