This brilliant diary, found at http://www.dailykos.com/... , recounts how my sister and I came to the realization that Biden had to be the one. And how we realized that to make it happen, what we had to do was post a diary on DailyKos, Obama and Axelrod and so forth would read it, consider it, and realize we were right.
Recently kos posted a diary criticizing the possible upcoming selection of Biden. I agree with a lot of his points. In fact, in my May 23 diary I alluded to them.
But I know that my real choice, Amy Goodman, wouldn't be given consideration, and the press would have been brutal. And I realized it is so far out of my control, that we had to give a suggestion to Team Obama that they could tolerate. And Biden is way better than Bayh. And Obama himself is very cautious not to step out of the perceived mainstream.
I am just hoping for our country to recover from its flu, no, make that congenital heart disease, anyway, I want things to get better, they've got to, and Amy is not going to be President or VP in our lifetimes, and I do think Biden is a decent guy, very intelligent, and he has been proving recently that when absolultely necessary he can keep his mouth shut.
So I am cautiously optimistic that my sister and I did not make a mistake when we set this whole Biden thing in motion.