Why did Obama run a campaign on "change" and then pick the ultimate Washington insider?

Question

Seems like the VP choices should have been exactly opposite with Obama picking a successful woman from small town America and McCain choosing the Washington insider. Why does it seem the Democrats always talk the talk and yet never deliver?

Answer 1

agreed!  he has poor judgment and doesn't really mean change

Answer 2

same reason Republicans keep bashing Obama's lack of experience then pick a VP with very little experience...  

Answer 3

Words are one thing action is another.  Not only is Biden a Washington insider, he isn't the "average family guy" either.  He lives in Chateau Country Delaware and his dad co-owned an airport.  If anyone is of an average family, it is Palin.

Answer 4

Obama will bring the 'change.'  Biden will bring the experience that will help Obama most effectively implement the change.  I think taking Joe Biden seriously is a bit of a change for Democrats.  Democrats have haven't delivered yet because Republicans won't let them do anything more than 'talk the talk.'  That should change after Obama is elected when it's the Democrats' turn to control Congress and the presidency.

Answer 5

You can't have "change" with a VP that has been in the Senate since 1972! Joe has been in the Senate since Barry was 11 years old!

Answer 6

its politics, they'll say anything to get your vote and then they end up being a hypocrite, its funny people still believe the whole change slogan, but clearly actions speak louder than words  

Answer 7

THEY ARE PLAYING THE RACE CARD! NOW MCCAIN HAS SHOWN REAL CHANGE IN ONE DAY! YOUR SO RIGHT!

Answer 8

You said it. Biden has been a Washington insider for nearly FOUR DECADES!

My Son, The Lobbyist: Biden's Son a Well-Paid DC Insider

Firm Lobbies Senator Biden Although Son Does Not

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5...

Answer 9

in order to move forward you need to know where you've been

Answer 10

see you don't understand the change he speaks of, he is talking about change from the Bush policies

Not for nothing, but I don't want a hockey mom a heartbeat away from dealing with Russia and Iran. or a grumpy old man for that matter

Biden on the other hand is qualified for it

Answer 11

My did mcCain run a campaign on "experience" and then pick the ultimate unqualified PTA mom?

Answer 12

Because he's full of scat.

Answer 13

Obama is losing the white, working-class vote and he cannot win without them.  So he picked Biden (how many times did he have to say he was from Scranton?) to shore up support of that demographic.  Also, Biden is an attack dog who will "do the dirty work" of smearing Republicans -- more of the same old Democrat "politics of personal destruction" that the Clintons perfected.  So much for a new kind of politician and campaign!

Answer 14

Huh? A man who represented Delaware for years is automatically an insider? A man who speaks his mind is an insider? Inside what? Just because he works in Washington doesn't make him a Bush-boy like McCain. Geez, is that ALL you've got?

Answer 15

first answer, yes, second, because that is their nature.

Answer 16

Because Biden can help implement that change.

Answer 17

Because Obama is all BS all the time.

Answer 18

To get change in Washington done, you have to work the political system already in place to your advantage. Choosing a VP that knew the ropes in DC was a very wise choice.