Senator Biden for Vice President?

Conflict arose yesterday when Senator Barrack Obama criticized his running mate, Senator Joe Biden for having an opposing view on “massive financial bailouts.” Biden agreed with Senator John McCain in stating that the federal government should not have given the American International Group $85 billion in aid, then later decide to change his view and back it. Senator Obama later tried to settle the issue, by simply stating that he should have waited to respond to the comment, but why did he choose to agree with Senator McCain in the first place?

In an interview Monday, Senator Biden called one of his campaign advertisements that mocked John McCain horrible, as it apparently knocked his lack of e-mailing skills. This is truly ridiculous considering that voters are looking to these advertisements for the presidential nominees to address issues, but instead they are addressing who is better at e-mailing? In this instance, he is again siding with Senator McCain.

Senator Biden said "When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed," which contains some wrong information as FDR came into office three years after the stock market crash and at a time when television had yet to take off. Does Senator Biden, a vice-presidential nominee, really know that little about the history of his own country and the former presidents of the United States? Regardless, Senator Obama continues to believe that he is a better choice then Senator Clinton as he is an “Outstanding public servant,” which has the same effect on me as Senator Obama being a “community organizer,” nothing. How do those positions explain why Senator Obama or Senator Biden are qualified to be president and vice president? In asking a vice presidential nominee about his running mates questionable statements, I expect a response more solid than this, especially when there are only about two months left until the election.

The Republican National Committee believes that Senator Obama is being reflected through his running mate’s comments and points out his inexperience. I could not agree more. I can’t understand how Senator Obama and Senator Biden are experiencing contradictions on current political issues. Do they not discuss them? Furthermore, it seems Senator Biden has been siding with Senator McCain recently and Senator Obama continues to condemn then defend his choice for vice-presidential nominee. Though a spokesperson for Biden, tried to change the subject by talking about Senator McCain’s plan for tougher rules on Wall Street, when he had previously supported deregulation. However, while he might change his stance on an issue, Senator Biden has stated, “Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America. Let’s get that straight. She’s a truly close personal friend, she is qualified to be president of the United States of America, she’s easily qualified to be vice president of the United States of America, and quite frankly, it might have been a better pick than me,” which really this lack of enthusiasm as vice-presidential nominee as well as his lack of enthusiasm for America. If Senator Biden truly believes that Senator Clinton was a better pick, then why even bother accepting the nomination? The occurrences of these past couple of weeks have really left me wondering what Senator Obama was thinking when he picked Senator Biden as his running mate.