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Biden on Obama's VP Pick: 'I'm Not The Guy'
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ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf and Jennifer Parker report: As Delaware Sen. Joe Biden was leaving his house in Wilmington this afternoon, he slowed down and said to the gathered news reporters outside his home: "Hey guys, I'm not the guy. See ya."
Members of the news media camped outside his Wilmington home today as speculation swirled that Biden is on Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's short list of vice presidential candidates.
Lowering expectations is a game played by many vice-presidential wannabes. A Biden Senate staffer told ABC News today that the senator had not spoken to anyone at the Obama campaign about the vice presidential slot Tuesday.
Biden, the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, raised his profile recently by traveling on a fact-finding mission to war-torn Georgia, where he called for increased US aid to the country and peacekeeping forces.
The trip underscored his vast foreign policy experience -- something that is lacking from Obama's resume. Biden is also thought to be someone who could hold his own during a vice presidential debate.
However the senator's loquacious speaking style sometimes gets him in trouble. As a longtime Washington senator, Biden could also work against Obama's outside-the-beltway style campaign.
Biden is spending time in his home state while Congress is in summer recess. As Biden left news media camped outside his home, reporters could see he had golf clubs in his truck.
UPDATE:
Biden returned from his outing to dial back his "its not me" statement from earlier.
He rolled down his passenger side window and said to reporters don't you have anything better to do?
The "It's not me" from earlier is now "I have not spoken with anyone" repeated several times to several different questions.
Have you spoken to the Obama campaign?
"I have not spoken to anyone."
So you're not ruling out you could be picked?
"I have not spoken to anyone."
"You guys know as well as I do,' he said as he drove down his driveway with admonitions that your staker outers should be careful on the treacherous road outside his house.
August 19, 2008 in Biden, Joe, Kucinich, Dennis, Romney, Mitt, Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (507)
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he can't win with her either. No one wants Obama
Posted by: Marty in Iowa | Aug 19, 2008 5:58:30 PM
I will bet a 100 bucks its going to be Wesley Clark. Bayh, biden and kaine are just distractions to send the media on a wild goose chase.
Posted by: sandy | Aug 19, 2008 5:58:43 PM
He better stick with Hilliary. Google "JFK secret service stand down" if you don't know why.
Posted by: ick! | Aug 19, 2008 5:59:29 PM
maybe he will pick Michelle
Posted by: Marty in Iowa | Aug 19, 2008 6:00:06 PM
You just keep doing the thinking, Marty in Iowa, that's what you're good at...
Posted by: slubobo | Aug 19, 2008 6:00:26 PM
Unfortunately, I don't think it's Hillary. If it isn't, I'll never vote for Obama and in fact am ardently rooting for him to lose.
Posted by: Cardsgal | Aug 19, 2008 6:01:01 PM
sally
it's the people that don't know Biden's record that focus on the credit card thing...a mixed issue at best...
do you realize his record over the past 6 months?
do you realize that Obama needs familiarity more than anything
that he needs a face that America knows and trusts more than any other issue
that his experience in dealing with the cultures and pols of the world is unparalleled...
the list is long...and strong ...a lot stronger than the couple of marks against him
that is why most of America thought he was a good pick...
unlike every other candidate he was looking at.
to not pick Biden would hurt his judgement at this point...makinghis ego out to be bigger than it should be...
Posted by: dl | Aug 19, 2008 6:01:04 PM
Obama-Powell '08 (Powell has 4 years to redeem himself after his 02 UN Show N Tell)
Posted by: martinus scriblerus | Aug 19, 2008 6:01:12 PM
She will do anything, just look at all of the "unfortunate loss" in Arkansas. She wasn't kidding about RFK.
Posted by: ick! | Aug 19, 2008 6:01:17 PM
I know I am an American and I go for country first
Posted by: Marty in Iowa | Aug 19, 2008 6:01:50 PM
It's going to be Hillary. Obama may not know much about foreign policy, the economy, abortion, etc., but he does know politics.
If Barry picks Hillary, he wins. If he doesn't, he's a 50/50 shot.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that he's picking Hillary.
Posted by: stickety | Aug 19, 2008 6:03:32 PM
It's Hillary. Even if he didn't want her, I don't think he has any choice. Of course, she may not take it, but I think she will. The other choices would be chopped liver and Obama wants to win, so he convinced Michelle that it is what he needed to do and she finally agreed.
Posted by: Susan | Aug 19, 2008 6:03:49 PM
Joe Biden will probably be VP, Bayh would be my next choice, then Kaine
Posted by: Matt.G | Aug 19, 2008 6:04:06 PM
What happened to Wesley Clark that some were pushing? Biden would be OK by me, but Clark would also be OK. It's hard for me to get enthusiastic, above "OK" level. I supported Biden and also Huckabee on the Repub side. Huck would be the best president on the Repub side, but if McCain has enough brains to pick him, it might put him over the top in November. Huckabee just got back from Israel where he was received with REAL warmth. What he says about the situation there makes much more sense than anyone else.
Posted by: Mariel | Aug 19, 2008 6:04:08 PM
PLEASE GOD MAKE HIM PICK HILLARY!!!
OBAMA/HILLARY 08
Posted by: DKR | Aug 19, 2008 6:04:30 PM
NOT surprising, he STILL can't keep his mouth SHUT!
Posted by: KYJurisDoctor | Aug 19, 2008 6:05:09 PM
some of you people are quite dense
-no biden is not the pick
-no hes not giving a "head fake" =P
-no he was not talking about something else when he said "i'm not the guy"
-no this doesn't mean he's picking hillary...you dolts.
....sometimes i'm quite surprised by the stupidity of people who somehow manage to be "politically active"
Posted by: izz | Aug 19, 2008 6:05:18 PM
As a dem I will be voting Obama, but it sure would make it less stressful if he picked Hillary. She won in OH and could possibly help Obama take OH. Hillary won every rural area and Obama would take the cities. Would be close, but I think they could do it. Many here are waiting to see who he picks as VP. Any other election it wouldn't make any difference. But for some reason, at least where I live, it does.
Posted by: Miki | Aug 19, 2008 6:05:43 PM
Clinton has lots of baggage. Biden has experience but would be labeled same ol' politics = no change. Obama's in a tough spot now that Edwards has had such as scandal.
Posted by: Nate | Aug 19, 2008 6:06:05 PM
This is what irks me about Obama. He takes his time in announcing his VP pick and lets the media clamour all over themselves to get the scoop. It's just another way the Obama campaign gets a lot of media attention. I was a Hillary supporter and this is one thing I couldn't stand about this guy. Once he picks his VP, which I believe will be a dud, will give him a little bump but then it will go back to being close again. As a democrat, I feel jerked around. I'm sure it won't be Hillary. You know Bill could be VP. That would be a kicker. Just because he was Potus that doesn't mean he can't be VP. Just kidding HaHaHa.
Posted by: Lois, California | Aug 19, 2008 6:07:09 PM
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