Well, as we could all have predicted, the conservatives are ballyhooing the choice of Joe Biden as Obama’s VP as “proof” of Obama’s lack of expertise in the fields Joe excels in: Foreign policy and economics. Yep, choice of someone knowledgeable in those fields was dumb…why didn’t he follow the successful Senior Bush strategy and find someone charismatic like Dan Quayle (who didn’t know jack about anything, even the English language)? Apparently the Republican strategy will be that their VP pick will not be as “smart” as the Presidential nominee (possibly that’s why Joe Lieberman is still in the running) and definitely should not be up on world affairs and have the ability to change course at the drop of a hat (Romney?)

Maybe, with someone as qualified as Biden, Obama could challenge some of the records set by our current President. Bush, having spent 27% of his tenure in office on vacation (is that more than a year off/term?) may be like Michael Phelps in that it is a record likely never to be broken. However, with Biden as a relief pitcher, Obama has the opportunity to try. Bush also set a record for fewest press conferences since the advent to television. Maybe Obama could turn most of those over to Biden and seriously challenge that record. And, besides being the first U.S. President to attack and invade a sovereign nation without provocation, Bush shattered the record for presiding over the largest annual deficit in U.S. history. Now those are some records worth going after!

I seriously hope the majority of the American public isn’t stupid enough to buy into these new Republican accusations that inexperience forced Obama to select Biden. Would we really expect the CEO of General Motors or AT&T to seek out and select an assistant using the criteria, “they can’t be smarter or have more experience in any field than do I.” The stockholders would rebel. I certainly hope the voters do too.