One heartbeat away. Obama's heart.

[Sneederbunk]

If Biden and his record were good enough for Obama, what has changed?

[RHMerriman]

1. Biden and Obama live in the real world of American politics?

And the antagonists don't...

[Thekaspervote]

7. Yes.. many "antagonists" are very unrealistic about our government and how to get things done

[RHMerriman]

9. But being "holier than thou" allows them to feel superior

But being "holier than thou" allows them to feel superior ...

and sometimes that's all that it is about.

Either that, or they are essentially provocateurs, doing the enemy's work for them.

[Peacetrain]

2. Nothing really... as he said he was vetted by the President and 10 lawyers

But remember what they did to Obama.. remember the Rev Wright speech.. he was picked apart not only on the right.. but the left jumped in too..

[StevieM]

3. Obama was great, but he screwed up royally when he appointed James Comey to head the FBI.

And that goes for the GOP/Chuck Grassley staffers at the State Department Inspector General's office too.

I wonder if Biden supported Comey's appointment?

[NBachers]

4. Just can't leave it alone . . .

[Thekaspervote]

6. Good luck finding a perfect candidate. President Obama was a great once in a lifetime leader

You think you are without faults or your candidate of choice is?? Go away!!

[StevieM]

10. I agree that Obama was great.

I just don't think we should ignore the fact that James Comey changed the course of history.

[murielm99]

5. I worried about President Obama constantly.

I was sure they would hurt or kill him. I never said it out loud.

This hate is nothing new.

[Peacetrain]

11. You were not alone in that fear..

the crazy edges just hated him.. and you never knew when and if they were going to do something drastic.. their hatred was so irrational..

[Mach1miles]

8. President Obama was neither progressive nor liberal.

He and Joe are two peas in a pod. If you want more of that knock yourselves out. It won’t be tanks in the street but it won’t be viable health care either and we will continue with eternal wars.

Don’t get me wrong I worked for Obama on the run up and housed campaign workers for months to help get him elected. I think he’s smart and can talk folks down off of the ledge but as it turned out he is conservative in his actions. I think we are going to need something more to walk back the damage of Trump.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Welcome to DU--and I agree with your points.

We will need something more to fix the horrors tRump has inflicted on us.

[Mach1miles]

14. Thanks for the welcome.

Happy to be here.

[emmaverybo]

13. Unlike other pairings, Biden and Obama also became friends. That Obama trusted Biden

implicitly is evident in the many crucial tasks he assigned him. They often worked together whole days. Eight years is a fair amount of time for Obama to have seen Biden’s character in operation and certainly to witness whether Biden’s decades long commitment to civil rights was genuine or not.

[StarfishSaver]

15. Because, among other things, this:

But Obama’s selection of Biden should not be seen as an absolution of his civil rights history ... Just as having a problematic history on civil rights doesn’t make Biden a racist, being Obama’s vice president doesn’t release Biden from the obligation to explain his own views and record on civil rights. Biden is running to be President of the United States and, if he wants that job, he must address his entire record, not just the parts he’s proud of. And that means he has some explaining to do about his positions and actions on civil rights, in general, and busing and desegregation, in particular. If he’s the man I think he is, he’ll be willing and able to do that, openly, honestly and undefensively. But he must do it in his own voice and from his own heart, and not hide behind Barack Obama, who may be one of Biden’s best friends, but is not his "Magical Negro."

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