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Saturday, August 23, 2008 12:00 AM

Joe Biden steps up for Obama

The energized vice-presidential candidate uses Saturday's rally to chain John McCain to George W. Bush and propel the Democratic ticket toward the convention.

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  • Sunday, August 24, 2008 11:07 AM

    Life-changing choice

    As a fervent supporter of Hillary Clinton, I admire and respect Joe Biden. I think Obama's choice of Biden as vice presidential candidate is good, providing Obama can win.

    If he fails to win, his decision to ignore Clinton's 18 million voters will look like the most moronic political decision ever. It will be even worse than John Kerry's decision not to contest the Ohio result.

    I hope Obama/Biden can win for all our sakes. But if they lose, Obama's poor judgement is likely to hang around his neck for the rest of his career. If there is a rest of his political career

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