On Biden

So, Biden it is. I think he is a good pick -- a strong pick and a strategic pick.

While there are definitely a few glitches in his past (eg. the Iraq war vote, a minor plagarism scandal from 20 years ago and his propensity to put his foot in his mouth), I think the good outweighs the bad.

I'm sure by now you've all heard his story: long time Delaware Congressman, lost his wife and baby daughter in a car crash, second wife is an English teacher, he takes Amtrack to and from work every day, he's been on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...forever, etc, etc.
*For more info on Joe, go to: http://biden.senate.gov/senator/

One major accomplishment hasn't been mentioned much in the press. He wrote and eventually passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

As Jonathan Cohn writes for The New Republic:
Advocates have claimed VAWA cut down on domestic violence by 25 percent. And while that figure seems suspiciously high--precise estimates are hard to come by--advocates seem to agree universally about VAWA's importance and Biden's role in it. "If I were to choose the single most important event leading to broad based awareness and change regarding domestic and sexual violence against women," says Ellis, "it would be Senator Biden's Violence Against Women Act of 1994." Reuss offers a similar assessment: "In Congress, it was singularly because of him."

Good stuff.

I think Sen. Biden's tendency to say things he shouldn't will work to our advantage. He will not be afraid to go after John McCain in a way no one else can. I read (somewhere?) that one of his main jobs as Veep nom is to be the attack dog.

Ruff!

Can't wait.

Courtesy of Matthew Rose

Do you really need a better reason?

Must Read!

http://www.newsweek.com/id/155117

Tag line

Biden: "He's the maverick McCain USED to be."

Use it, abuse it, pass it on.

long time, no write

I've been distracted by my new adventures as a freelance writer. I'm learning tons of stuff -- some good, some that sucks. My initial encounters with the editing process have been a bit painful, but seems to subside in my mind once the check FINALLY appears in my mailbox.

I'm finding my voice - slowly, but surely. Figuring out there are some things I'm not so good at and that there are some things I really have no interest in doing. I've found that some stuff is easy, but boring and pays really, really well (and fast). And sometimes, no matter what, they just aren't going to like what you have to say.

I promise to add more posts on a more frequent basis - although I can't promise they won't be political in nature as I'm heading to Denver next week during the Democratic Convention.

Peace out.

Vote your heart.

V

so cool!

On Monday, as usual I was at work reading my political sites. It had been a busy morning with Obama and McCain giving back to back speeches on the war. Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post wrote an article about Obama's speech on his blog The Fix.

The title was "Obama Repositions on Iraq". I read it wondering if I had missed something important since I was getting ready for work, playing with Giselle, packing my lunch, etc while listening to MSNBC. Um..I didn't miss anything. I even read the article twice to make sure I understood. Simply, Cillizza had a bad title.

Luckily the comment section agreed with me. A few of us bloggers (I think I was the 5th or 6th) called him out on his misleading title (some more nicely than others)...and within about ten minutes...he changed the title!

It now reads "Obama Addresses Iraq, McCain Hits Back".

It's something.

Quote of the Day

John Ridley in Huffington Post article "(Liberal) Fear of a Black President"
- posted one day after the Jesse Jackson "Nuts" comments:

"Moreover, what scares the Old Schoolers is that Obama's potential election removes from them the victim stick with which they flog their diminishing relevance."

(emphasis added)

Brilliant.