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It's O-Biden in 08!

I woke up this morning to the news that Barack Obama has finally chosen his sidekick for the November election-Senator Joseph Biden from Delaware. I now must look at two of my least favorite politicians together all the time. Biden, a career politician of over 20 years first appeared on the national radar in 1998 while running for president. In recent years due to our operations overseas he has been more visible and critical of Bush policy as head of the Senate Foreign relations committee. According to the experts, Biden gives Obama more foreign policy panache', much in the way Cheney did for President Bush. Cheney, who has been criticized for exuding more power and influence in our foreign policy,has been dubbed "Darth Vader" by the left. He's been accused of being the dark force behind the scenes as Bush's puppeteer in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Overall for Obama, its a smart choice, it will be interesting to see how much credit or discredit Biden receiv