Here's what snopes has to say about it: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/vpchange.asp

This was the first I've heard about this, Biden doesn't appear sick, though the rumor mills suggest an aneurysm as the proposed reason. Personally I think it's a load, but interesting nonetheless.

Sounds silly. The media would be talking about how Obama flunked his first executive decision and his candidacy would be over. Biden seems fine.

It was just confirmed. Check out this news footage confirming Biden to step down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

>> ^Fjnbk:
Sounds silly. The media would be talking about how Obama flunked his first executive decision and his candidacy would be over. Biden seems fine.


^ It would be wrong of the media to do that though since one cannot base a candidates success or falure because someone became too ill. In fact it might have been part of the plan... Obama did meet with Hillary in secrecy to work out something with her after she dropped out of the race.

It would be ultimately a positive move for Obama given the fact that there are many diehard Hillary fans out there with their glazed over eyes as they profess that no other candidate could ever compare to her (in their mind). It's a cult following that I could forsee being tapped into in such a manner.

Think tanks don't exist for nothing in the politcal arena of CFR candidates. This is being played like a game of chess.

Would you trust her to be your VP if you were running for president after she implied to the media in the past that something fatal just might "happen" to you which would give her the eventual lead? He is either forced to take her or he is extremely forgiving and trusting of her despite what she said. Personally I wouldn't trust her as far as I could throw her but that's my opinion.

I think if Democrats planned and executed something like this, it'd mean they finally got around to reading Machiavelli.

I don't know if it'd really help in the long run, but it'd be a great October surprise (when there's nothing long about the run).

I say it's BS, though. Why pick Biden and do the swap? If they saw advantage in having Hillary as VP, there's no doubt she'd have accepted if they'd offered.

The Hillary-supporting PUMAs out there are post-rational. My guess is they started the rumor, merely by publicly praying for Biden to drop dead.

Who here has any right to any knowledge enough to decide if Biden is healthy or not?

Not a single one of us, that's for his personal medical doctor to decide.

Now, who here has sufficient proof that Obama is going to replace him with hillary?

No one. Except some random sites and rag tag rumors.

>> ^Fjnbk:
Sounds silly. The media would be talking about how Obama flunked his first executive decision and his candidacy would be over. Biden seems fine.


He is not an executive, therefore it is not an executive decision. Now, they would say its a bad tactical decision on par with bumbling McCain choice in palin, and would use that to pull the heat off of that subject.

But it would be a choice on health, so he has to choose the right person to replace.

I think that is bad for us constitutionalists, because they sell our liberty for a little bit of security. In which we deserve neither.

Small laws on 2nd amendment(bans on certian guns, and laws against defending ones house), free speech zones, patriot act, FISA amendments, and the expatriate act (That's the one that says you have to pay taxes if you want to move to Canada and be a Canadian). All of these serve eat our liberty alive, and make it so that they Judicial system doesn't have any teeth against the executive and legislative branch of the government.

EDIT: I don't need to list the republican parties transgressions on the constitution because we already know about that.

Rumors, silly rumors to take away from the issues. Pay it no heed.

^I'll assume that's probably the case.

Shit, I hope so.