Biden wants a VP "not at all intimidated by the president, not intimidated walkin' in the WH"

[DFW]

134. I have my preferences, not getting into this again, but I would remind those who just KNOW

Obama wisely waited until just before the 2008 convention to announce his VP pick, and most people who were just SURE they knew who it was were wrong.

By sheer chance (and some carelessness on the part of two of Biden's Senate staff), I found out it was Biden in the early morning of the day of the announcement, which wasn't made public until the late afternoon. I leaked it on DU in the morning, and got roundly trashed for it. I let the board in on the choice of Biden before any of the media knew, and all I got was abuse.

Because it involved a family member (and I didn't want to get Biden's staffers in trouble in case someone read DU), I said up front that I couldn't say HOW I knew, just that I did. THAT really unleashed the tide of fury.

"LINK?!?!?!?"
"What makes you so special?"
"That you, Barack?"

etc. etc. etc.
One person on DU--count 'em, ONE--came back on the thread and apologized after the announcement was made.