I awoke to the news that Barack Obama had chosen Joe Biden to be his running mate this year. Biden would not have been my first choice, I suppose, but there's a certain logic to the pick in that he brings substantial foreign policy credibility to the ticket and he also appeals to the working class voters in the Northeast and Midwest that Obama seemed to have trouble connecting with in the Democratic primaries earlier this year. I am convinced that the Catholic vote will be the pivotal factor in the November election, and Biden--a Catholic himself--seems a good choice to appeal to that demographic.
