Now this is interesting.
Before leaving on his overseas trip, Sen. Barack Obama reviewed information on several prospects and narrowed the field. His focus now includes five colleagues in the U.S. Senate — Joseph Biden, Evan Bayh, Chris Dodd, Hillary Clinton and Jack Reed — and two governors, Tim Kaine of Virginia and Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, according to Democratic operatives, though he could still make a different pick.
Is it really possible that Papa Joe will be the next Vice President of the United States? It seems he has made the cut as a finalist for the selection. I am still convinced that the final three will be Tim Kaine, Kathleen Sebelius, and Hillary Clinton, with Obama most likely going with Tim Kaine for the following reasons: 1) Kaine is a new face that reinforces his message of change and a new politics; 2) given the success of Obama’s overseas trip the last ten days, and with both Bush and McCain now changing their Iraq and Afghanistan positions to match Obama’s, having a national security or foreign policy VP seems less important now; 3) it won’t be Hillary; and 4) because it won’t be Hillary, it can’t be Sebelius, since that may piss off Hillary’s ardent women supporters who will illogically be upset (this is something I never understand: if you supported Hillary because you wanted a woman President, how can you be upset that there would be a woman Vice President, no matter if it is Hillary or not?).
But I digress.
Given the success of Obama’s trip, I don’t see him picking Joe Biden. But, for selfish reasons, I would love to see it happen. For it would shake up Delaware politics for sure, what with all the speculation on who Governor Minner (or Governor Carney or Governor Markell) would pick to replace him.