Yes, There is a Joe Biden Commemorative Plate

Working from home, I am blessed with stupid Obama Commemorative Plate commercials every break.

Well now, Delaware's own Joe Biden has his own plate! It comes with an authentic Acela schedule, and is a fine way to commemorate the second Caucasian vice president in this century.

Jobs - A "three-letter word"

Did he learn to count in Delaware or Scranton?

Vice-Presidential Debate sketchpad

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Sarah Palin on the Supreme Court: What's that?

Eric Kleefeld at Talking Points Memo makes a good point:

There is a certain irony here. John McCain has long criticized Barack Obama for speaking in platitudes, and then he went and picked a running mate who apparently can only think in platitudes.

Today's state cartoons - 9/24/08

MARYLAND


PENNSYLVANIA

Sarah Palin: Before and After

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Does the Palin pick neuter Biden?

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Convention Sketchpad, day three: Saying good-bye to the Clintons

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Should the 'Dynamic Duo' switch outfits?

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McCain quick to criticize Biden as VP

It's finally official. Barack Obama has selected Delaware Senator Joe Biden (D) to be his nominee for vice-president.

He sent the following text-message out to supporters who signed up at 3 am:

Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee. Watch the first Obama-Biden rally live at 3pm ET on www.BarackObama.com. Spread the word!

Obviously, this would be historic for Delaware, which has never placed anyone within the White House. And, even though Delaware is a safe Democratic state, this move guarentees that our 3 electroal votes will go to Obama :)

The McCain campaign didn't wait long to slam Obama's decision to put local-boy Joe Biden on the ticket as vice-president.



At least Biden with puch back, unlike Obama, who seems to just want to hand out flowers



And here's some of the local coverage from Delaware's News Journal:

* Plane to pick up Biden at New Castle airport
* Gov. candidate Markell salutes 'dream ticket'
* McCain campaign criticizes Obama's choice
* Out-of-state SUVs roll up to Biden house
* Will Obama make Joe cool?
* Hillary Clinton praises Obama's VP pick
* Non-media crowd grows outside Biden home

Presidential Candidates one-on-one

For all you politicos out there, the Des Moines Register has posted a great feature on their website, 10 one-on-one questions to the major 2008 presidential candidates, although Fred Thompson is nowhere to be seen...probably dozing off in a hammock somewhere.

The Register asked each of 16 candidates 10 thoughtful questions in 10 minutes, questions like "How do you go about educating yourself on an important topic that you don't know much about?" and "Other than running for president, what's the biggest risk you've ever taken and what have you learned from it?" They're the kind of questions job interviewers love to ask, and ones that candidates don't ordinarily have to face. Plus, they weren't given any notice of the questions, and didn't have time to either prep with their advisors, or have the luxury of hearing another candidate's response, ala a debate.

Good stuff. Check it out here.