It’s a relief to know that Obama didn’t adhere to the petty fixations of the media on this one. Substantively, Biden was by far the best choice I’ve heard to be vetted. The fact that his only notable flaw is that he’s a bit of an irresponsible yapper (something with which I wholeheartedly sympathize) paled in comparison to other choices that wouldn’t balance the ticket or lend appeal where Obama really requires it.
Also, why the surprise that Obama didn’t vet Hillary, his most vicious, prominent, and prone to low blows critic on either side of the primary? That ticket may have had aesthetic appeal to the storybook set, or assuage Hillary’s crazed, spiteful contingency that would rather vote against every one of their interests by choosing the guy who has barely anything in common with their candidate, but in the oval office Hillary+Obama would have been anything but a “dream”.
