Joe Biden will evidently be in Larry King Live tonite and has said this about what the Warren selection means:
…Barack Obama said you’ve got to reach out. You’ve got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country. We can’t continue to be a red and blue country. We can’t be divided like we have been. And he’s made good on his promise. And I would say to the gay and lesbian community, they have nothing to worry about. Barack Obama, every aspect of his life, every aspect of his public life, and every commitment he’s made relating to equality for all people, will be things that he will stick with and that they should view this in the spirit in which he offered the opportunity to — to Mr. Warren.
There is much more of the Biden interview over at the link. And I’ll apologize in advance for revisiting the Warren discussion again. Biden’s comments here are pretty much the prevailing narrative from the Obama camp on the selection of Warren to give the invocation. If I stand back and look at the pieces on the board, I can see the political calculation in this pick. And given the fact that Warren is being given all sorts of hell from the right for accepting, there is something to be said for a method to madness. But in spite of the possibilities for political gain thee really ought to be a line. And while I doubt that the Inauguration team won’t endorse any parties being held at and catered by country clubs that don’t admit black people or women as members, it is just as hard to accept having someone up on the Inauguration dais who explicitly and frequently speaks out against the civil rights for one group of Americans. Being able to “do business” with Warren just isn’t enough on the day where we remind the world of American democratic ideals.