Obama to Biden: look out for that bus that just ran you over
By Nick Ragone | Related entries in News
Ok, I’ll be the first to admit that I sometimes pile on Joe Biden. But this time I think he got the short end of the stick.
In an otherwise slow day on the campaign front, Barack Obama made news on the Today show for criticizing Biden for prematurely condemning the AIG bailout.
When asked by Matt Lauer how he could possibly criticize John McCain for his opposition to AIG when his running mate had said the exact same thing, a startled Obama replied “And I think that, in that situation, I think Joe should have waited, as well.”
Well really? So is Joe just firing from the hip, or are you throwing him under the bus? I’d like to believe that Joe was simply off the reservation, but the truth is there’s no way he hadn’t consulted with Obama and his staff prior to blasting the AIG bailout. It’s just too big an issue to be freelancing on.
Me thinks Joe was left for roadkill because it was the politically expedient thing for Obama to do. For someone who claims to represent a new type of politics, throwing your running mate under the bus is certainly a bizarre novel tactic.
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September 23rd, 2008 at 6:30 pm
yes…
“joe should have waited as well”
WHAT A REPUDIATION OF JOE BIDEN’S COMMENT!
LETS TALK ABOUT IT FOR WEEKS.
seriously?
The Obama campaign must be under extreme duress!
Its almost like calling for the firing of the SEC chief, and preempting the congressional bailout decisions in the middle of nearly the worst economic crisis in American history.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Ahh, Nick strikes again.
Nick says, “Ok, I’ll be the first to admit that I sometimes pile on Joe Biden. But this time I think he got the short end of the stick.” Then he immediately proceeds to pile on Obama instead, and in the process, goes after Joe Biden for either “going off the reservation” or defying Obama.
I’d like to suggest a different way of phrasing it, that doesn’t smell of partisan hackery. Maybe these are two very opinionated men who don’t always agree. On the campaign trail, that makes things tricky, but in governance, where a lot of this stuff is going on behind closed doors, maybe that’s exactly what you want, so long as they both know when it’s the right time to compromise and when it’s the right time to concede the point.