Maybe now people will understand why Barack Obama hasn’t endorsed Joe Biden for president. Biden, who served loyally as Obama’s vice president, told a New Hampshire town hall last night that he’d be open to putting a Republican on the ticket as his own veep.
The audience didn’t take him seriously at first. “The answer is: I would, but I can’t think of one now,” Biden said in response to a question. As the audience laughed, he clarified, “No, no, no, no, no, no. Look. No, I’m serious. Here’s what I mean. Let me explain that. You know, there are some really decent Republicans that are out there still. But here’s the problem right now, of the well-known ones: They’ve got to step up.”
That’s it, folks. That’s the bipartisan comity Biden is proposing as the solution to the country’s problems — he’s going to urge some of the “well-known ones” to do the right thing, which apparently he thinks has never occurred to any of them before now. He really seems up to the task ahead, wouldn’t you say?