pity. Biden should have been the Presidential candidate, not the phony.

dO: I agree. Biden is less dirty than most politicians his age. Experience wise, he's light years ahead of Obama.

I agree, Biden should be on the top of the ticket. But he and Barack seem to genuinely make a good team, and I think they will do a lot of good for this country, but I am afraid of the Republicans and the dirty tricks they use to get elected.

If you spend any time around Joe Biden you won't think of him as being 65 years old because he is a high-energy guy in both actions and ideas, and the vision for America that he so beautifully stated towards the end of his book, "Promises To Keep" is very much in tune with Obama's.

I volunteered for Joe in Iowa, and was very bitter about Obama's people flooding the caucuses. Even after he picked Joe for VP I couldn't warm up to Obama, but Joe has convinced me that they really do get along very well, complementing each other. Joe grounds Barack, and Barack keeps Joe from going on too long. From the way I see Joe beaming when they are together I know this is true, so now I am 100% behind Obama/Biden.

I like Joe Biden but why do people keep saying that he should be on top of the ticket? He ran and barely got any votes. Barack is number uno for a reason.

Palin: They say I'm young and we just met
One day is hardly time to vet

McCain: Well I don't know if all that's true
'Cause you got me, and baby I got you

McCain: Babe
BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

I think once someone tells Sarah Palin what the VP actually does then she will do a fine job.

I'm not going to put Barack down, but when we had the caucuses in Iowa that started this whole thing, there were several good people with the knowledge of how to get things done, and the experience to know what to do, like Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, and Bill Richardson, but what happened was that people became really excited about making history by nominating either an African American or a Woman. John Edwards had traction because he had been here for a long time setting up his run.

Joe Biden did very well in the debates, at least to the extent the moderators would let him speak. Most of the other candidates said more than once that Joe was right, refering to what he had said before them at some point. The media only seemed to want to cover the sniping that was going on between Hillary-Obama-Edwards though.

If you don't get media coverage, you don't exist, for all intents and purposes these days. That was most of the reason Joe didn't do well. Hillary of course was shocked that she didn't come out on top here, and everyone congratulated themselves for nominating a black man in a state that is pretty much white. Edwards stayed in for a while and then dropped out too, because it became a race between Hillary and Barack.

"There is speculation that, with all that is swirling around her, she will drop out."

The speculation is from her enemies who wish her to drop out. And what is swirling around her is mostly evil vicious attacks on her 17 year old daughter, her youngest son, disabled no less, and herself.

You are a piece of work!

Well, Donna, if you feel Biden should be at the talk of the ticket, it would have been helpful if in his 2 presidential candidacies, he could have received even 50% of the votes Sarah Palin did for mayor in "Wasilly" (Barack Obama's pronunciation), Alaska.

As far as a debate with Biden goes....Palin will most certainly provide a backdrop for JB to fully demonstrate what a complete jacka$$ he is.

Principled and courageous people do not run from a bunch of noisy punks and name-callers.

She ain't dropping out of the race...she's taking enemy territory.

Excuse me, but I didn't say a thing to slam Palin, so don't come back at me with an attack on Joe. It makes you look like a low-life.

PALIN DEBATE BIDEN----what would she talk about --3 moose and 2 bears--or maybe about where the alaskan oil is now going--and possible payoff for more drilling-----let her debate hugo chavez

watch out mccain is good at using women----dont have any respect his wife is the c word and hillary is the b word---BUT NOW HE CLAIMS HE HAS FOUND A SOUL MATE--------HA HA HA MCCAIN YOU SURE ARE PIP

DONNA
A LOW LIFE ---NO JUST A REPUB

You know Abraham Lincoln (A Whig, which became Republican party) had a great campaign plan to get himself elected, but knew that those who ran against him were knowledgeable and experienced men whose council he could use and need when it came to assuming the presidency, so he turned his rivals into his cabinet. This is all brought out in a book called "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. I don't think George W. Bush did this. He threw out anyone who didn't agree with him.

This book is one of Barack Obama's favorites. He hauls it around with him. Joe was his rival for a while and has said some unfavorable things about him, which the Republicans have been all to eager to point out after Barack picked Joe for VP. He knows that Joe will tell him what he thinks if he doesn't agree with him. I suspect he will follow suit with his cabinet picks.

We all remeber Abe Lincoln - right? How do you think George W. Bush will be remembered 100 or so years from now? Or will he be remembered at all?

Now, the young man involved with Bristol Palin is going to the convention...I thought they wanted privacy...so which is it? Why would any parent want to parade their children on a national stage like that....This whole Sarah Palin episode has got to be a joke....

It is so interesting: it is all well when Republicans spent a whole year sending emails filled with lies about Obama. It is OK to doubt his faith, his religious values, his positions...it is OK to make stuff up...but it is not OK to put Palin to the same test, right?

That is called HYPOCRISY my friends.

Gosh Palin saved Obama from declaring the father to be a deadbeat dad! Read his Responible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act or Biden's Violence Against Women Act. Check at www.mediaradar.org

Bottom line: Gov. Sarah Palin has selfishly put her wants above her child's. She knew her daughter was pregnant and knew by accepting the vice presidential nomination, her daughter would be at the mercy of the media. Her daughter will constantly be on the news from now until she has the baby. What kind of mother puts their kid in that kind of situation. I don't care that the teenager is having a kid, things happen, but the ridicule she is going to receive at the expense of her mother accepting the nomination is unforgiveable. It tells me about the kind of person Sarah is: selfish. What parent would subject their kid to that kind of punishment. If there was any doubt in my mind of who I would vote for this election, I know I won't be voting for McCain.