Why did Obama select Joe Biden as VP?

Question

Why did Obama select Joe Biden as VP?

Answer 1

Biden has experience lots and lots of it.

Answer 2

He doesn't like Hillary Clinton... He wants to send a big **** you to Hillary Clinton supporters. Notice at what time he sent his VP message at 3:00 to poke fun at Hillary Clinton.

Answer 3

Because he listened to his wife, who hates Hillary, (the logical choice) and threw the rest of the names in a hat and came up with Biden.  

Answer 4

Because the Democratic Party has a phobia about nominating real liberals, so they nominate conservatives who pretend to be liberals.  Clinton was a conservative pretending to pretend not to be a liberal.  Is that twisted or what?

Answer 5

Because he is totally weak on foreign affairs and his numbers were slipping badly....Biden has 35 years experience and will shore up the ticket for a while...but in the long run, Obama and Biden will shoot themselves in the foot with an unsurmountable gaff and the election will go to McCain who is the best candidate....Obama is a person who is controlled by left wingers in the Dem. party who want our government to be Socialist..............He will be controlled totally.  

Answer 6

you know, the oddest thing about this is that Republicans and Conservatives are making a bigger deal about it than anyone.  

Does anyone really care who the VP is?????????

Answer 7

I can't figure that out myself...

I have just decided that I don't know Politics as well as I thought because I was thinking Hillary...

I can't understand why he would turn down doubling his voter base in swing states...

Answer 8

It is a good choice.

Answer 9

because he was told to.

Answer 10

My guess is because Biden has experience in washington and has a lot of experience dealing with foreign nations.

plus he's an old white guy

Biden balance out many of the problem that some people have with Obama.

Answer 11

Biden has enormous pull within the Democratic party: he has been a US Senator since 1972. Biden's appointment is in response to critics who have pointed out Obama'a lack of experience. Joe Biden voted against the FISA Amendment while Obama voted for it (Biden did vote for both the Patriot Act and the Reauthorization). It is possible that Obama is trying to appease progressive Democrats who were angered by his stance on FISA.

Personally, I am not a big fan of Biden because of his heavy involvement with lobbyists and some really offensive remarks he made about Indian-Americans (I am half Indian).

Answer 12

I don't know, I guess it was slim pickings

Answer 13

hes trying to buy the white middle class female vote.

Answer 14

  White, male, Catholic

Answer 15

Poor judgement.

Answer 16

So he wouldn't be the only one on the ticket ever accused of plagerism.

Answer 17

Because he wants Biden's advice when he is running the country in 2009!

Answer 18

If you are a baseball fan, you will understand the word sacrifice. He knows that Hillary and her super delegates may take the nomination at the convention away from him and because his popularity is failing to gain favor in all the polls, he is sacrificing his nomination so that Hillary will win it. Choosing Biden was the last straw for many of Obama's supporters and they will be reconsidering their choice.