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Originally Posted by Colette Meiji  Its 11 years in state and federal government
with less than 4 being Federal, 19 months of that on the pres. campaign trail. |
*shrugs*
I got the 14 years from this artice:
Robert J. Elisberg: The Worst Vice-Presidential Nominee in U.S. History
Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong.
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Biden was less a smooth then a pick to balance out that lack of experience, among other things.
McCain has gobs of experience, so evidently they felt his pick didn't need much.
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Well, at least his campaign staff seems to think so. Personally, I doubt that McCain is some kind of universal genius and was pretty sure they'd pick someone like Romney to improve his campaign's stance on economic issues. But then again, I'm just a random guy from Europe, so what do I know about American politics?
Look, try to see it from this perspective:
How does the choice of the VP candidate reflect on the judgement of the presidential candidate?
When it comes to Age vs. Experience, the transfer only goes in one direction. Obama won't make Biden look younger just as Palin won't lessen McCain's age. On the other hand, Palin and Obama will without any doubt benefit from their respective partner's experience.
But here's the crux - Biden's and Palin's gains or losses are completely irrelevant with regard to the question, so it boils down to this: Obama's VP pick grants him access to experience while McCain volunteered to spend a lot of his remaining time on coaching his new protégé. So much for putting America first.
And btw: I would view it just the same if the roles were reversed (with Biden and Paulin as presidential candidates).