If this is the best they’ve got, we can rest pretty easy:
Announcer: What does Barack Obama’s running mate say about Barack Obama?
George Stephanopoulos: You were asked, “Is he ready?” You said, “I think he can be ready but right now, I don’t believe he is. The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training.”
Joe Biden: I think that I stand by the statement.
Announcer: And what does he say about John McCain?
Joe Biden: I would be honored to run with or against John McCain, because I think the country would be better off.
So they’re going to take a quote by Biden more than a year old, when they were still at least 4 months from the first primaries and caucuses – a quote where Biden even says “I think [Obama] can be ready – and use it to attack?
It’ll take Biden about 5 seconds to say “over the past year, I think Barack Obama has clearly shown that he has the ideas and judgement to be President” and that ends that. I wouldn’t be shocked if Biden comes out and says that this afternoon.
And, of course, if McCain picks Romney, it’s not like they haven’t had some battles themselves.
