He's extremely effective when he goes on the attack on foreign policy. Rather than whine about how mean Republicans are when they hit Dems on national security, as so many Dems do, Biden has a real talent for responding with an appropriate mixture of mockery and contempt.
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OpEd that could be titled "In defense of Obama's choice" (not a bad thing since that is what OpEds do). Recognizing that it is Mr. Sargent's personal debate on the merits vs demerits of Sen. Biden when he goes into the arena, it is actually a well presented case of "on the other hand, what-if" scenarios pitting two masters (Biden-McCain) against each other, in their game political chess game. Accuracy??? Descriptions of their demeanors seem accurate...accuracy about results if/when they face off...who knew? Last I knew, there are no Pres. vs V.P. candidates debates planned. I enjoyed the article.
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