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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:51 PM
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Poll question: Will Joe Biden Stay On The Ticket Next Year?
I think he should, but what say you?
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:53 PM
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1. Certainly
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 02:57 PM
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2. (Another) useless poll: Biden was asked and accepted. -nt
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:01 PM
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3. All polls are useless
Including the Gallups and Rasmussens. I didn't intend this as a "sign in blood on parchment" thing. ;-)
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:09 PM
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4. this pic says it all
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:38 PM
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5. Dear God! Is that a GHOST on the upper left?
:scared:
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 03:42 PM
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6. Best VP ever
Silly question.
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 06:03 PM
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7. Better than Gore?
Hmm. I thought Al was the gold standard, the anti-Cheney. :shrug:
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 06:12 PM
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8. That's a tough call
I'm a little biased, but, yes, Gore certainly was exceptional. I think the difference now is the relationship between Obama and Biden is more compatible than Clinton and Gore. I don't think Clinton gave Gore as much responsibility as Obama gives his VP.

When in doubt, I'd say it was a tie.
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 08:26 PM
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12. Actually, I think Biden should have a bigger role
After all, it wasn't conventional military that took out OBL: It was counterintelligience and Special Ops, which Biden has, quite correctly, suggested as the best approach to the entire Af/Pak theater, which would allow us to bring 95,000 troops home now.
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 08:49 PM
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13. Yes, Biden said long ago
that we should be relying more on Special Ops, rather than military forces. John Kerry had said something similar back in 2004 and had to back down from the comment.

I think Biden has a lot of influence on such matters in private, but obviously the president doesn't always take his advice.

I just noticed you are new. A big welcome to DU!!! :hi:

Oh my god, I just realized that rhymed which certainly was not intentional.
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 12:00 AM
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15. You're a poet, and you don't REALIZE it! [evil maniacal laughter]
Seriously, though, it was Biden who first suggested---seven years ago!---that Iraq should be partitioned into a Sunni state, a Shia state, and a Kurd state.

My friend, I wouldn't bet a freakin' thin dime that that WON'T be EXACTLY what happens after we finally leave!*

*That is, if we ever totally leave. :(
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 08:26 AM
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25. Oh my god
You remember that? My daughter and I were glued to the TV the day he presented his plan to the Senate. Riveting television and it doesn't seem that long ago.

I'm not sure we EVER leave anywhere unless we're thrown out.
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Ignis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 06:40 PM
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11. Really?
Biden's the guy who said, "So what's the big deal here?" when speaking about the execution of an American citizen by foreign soldiers during the raid on the Gaza flotilla last year.

...That would be the same raid that the UN condemned, by the way.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 12:45 AM
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16. He's the Best VP by default. He was picked by Obama. n/t
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 06:12 PM
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9. Don't see why not.. they make a great team!
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 06:31 PM
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10. Maybe not. I hear Evan Bayh is available
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krawhitham Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 09:14 PM
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14. He is replaced with someone who can win in 2016
Joe will be too old to run in 2016
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 12:56 AM
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18. Obama won't do that, it would piss off a lot of people in the party who want to run in 2016
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 11:40 AM
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27. Who says Biden is running in '16?
At this point, I think he'll be more than happy to end his career as Veep.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 12:47 AM
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17. Biden will be tossed on the ash heap of history by the Obama Administration
if it looks for a single moment that President Obama might not be re-elected.
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 12:58 AM
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19. So, I guess you'd be going for Option 3, then
Or have you someone else in mind whom I've not mentioned? This is not a challenge to you, as I'm certain there are many possibilities I have neglected. :-)
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 03:25 AM
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22. I would say
Whomever seems to offer the best shot at winning the election.
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 05:39 AM
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23. In today's RepubliTea Party?
"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." I think this might be a Goldwater year for the GOP.
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 08:06 AM
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24. people come up with the silliest statements sometimes
:rofl:
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Hippo_Tron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 01:04 AM
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20. No, replacing your VP is a sign of weakness
Every example of trying to "ticket balance" in recent history has been a total failure. The last time it was considered successful was Kennedy/Johnson. And IMO, Kennedy didn't pick Johnson believing that voters would vote for the bottom of the ticket. He picked Johnson to appeal to the southern Democratic establishment figures, who were rapidly bolting the party over Civil Rights.
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cbd87 Donating Member (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 01:24 AM
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21. Yes
The last elected president to change VPs when they ran for re-election was FDR. I like Biden and I think he should stay on.
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 01:38 PM
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28. True
And from the way you phrased that, I can tell you're aware that Ford dropped Rockefeller in favor of Dole in 1976. Didn't work. :P
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 08:36 AM
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26. I like Biden a lot, but I wouldn't call him the "best" member of the administration.
Yes, I think that he will remain as Obama's VP.

;-)
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 08:52 PM
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29. Might I hazard a guess as to whom you think IS?
:P
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-11 08:49 PM
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34. Everyone knows Hilda Solis is the best member of the administration
and the most progressive. No competition there.

But I like Joe the Biden and he'd better not go anywhere.
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 11:05 PM
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30. I think I may have fucked up the Sanders option
Instead of predicating Obama's possible choice of the Vermont Senator on Hillary Clinton's negative response to an entreaty, I probably should have just phrased it, "Needing to once again fire up Progressives, the President taps Bernie Sanders to replace Biden."

I am very surprised that no one has voted for Bernie.
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-11 11:40 PM
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35. Yep, I definitely fucked up the Sanders option.
I tried to edit the poll. Honest! But it was too late. :cry:
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-12-11 11:14 PM
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31. I think on some issues especially Obama should utilize him more
Biden's idea on Afghanistan was right on. Instead he went with what Hillary and the Pentagon said and he sent more troops to Afghanistan which really hasn't done much of anything. And it's not like that made a difference in finding bin Laden, since he wasn't even in that country!
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-11 12:58 AM
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32. Replies 12 and 15
:-)
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-13-11 08:13 PM
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33. Kick
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-11 02:04 AM
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36. Bump before Bedtime
G'night! :-)
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-14-11 02:41 AM
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37. President Obama already asked Biden to run with him and Biden said yes, the poll is useless n/t
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-11 07:45 AM
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38. Did you notice that Barney the Dinosaur was included as an option?
That ought to have suggested something to you.....
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-11 09:53 AM
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39. AK
Another Kick.
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BackToThe60s Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-11 12:42 PM
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40. 47
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