Obama Picks A Boring Old White Guy

"Barry" Obama announced his running mate today, and it was a boring older white man who has failed -- miserably and repeatedly -- in his own attempts to become president.

This is a real snoozer, and I don't see how it helps Obama. Biden is from a tiny state that was voting Democratic anyway, and could have easily slotted in at State if it was his foreign-policy expertise that was really important. He's not known as a fiery stump speaker, to say the least.

Obama's choices were pretty stark for VP: pick Hillary, pick another woman (which might not have been politically possible), or pick a boring old white guy. Sadly for those of us who prefer our politics with a bit less boredom, he chose the most boring of the boring old white guys.

Now my only hope is that McCain pulls someone interesting out of the box, like Condi or Lieberman. I don't want to vote for McCain -- not that it matters, since New Jersey will go so heavily for Obama that one very conservative seat might even go to the Democrat's blind rabbi -- but I might just fall asleep and do it by accident if this goes on.

(I'm not even in the district with the blind rabbi, that's how boring this election is -- the next town north is in the 5th, but I'm in the heavily urban and safely Dem 26th, represented by the bland and pandering Bill Pascrell.)