According to this ABCNews article, it appears as though Joe Biden is Sen. Obama’s running mate. Here’s what ABC is reporting:

The United States Secret Service has dispatched a protective detail to assume the immediate protection of Sen. Joseph Biden, (D-DE), a source tells ABC News, indicating in all likelihood that Biden has been officially notified that Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL), has selected him to be his running mate.

Sources also tell ABC News that two others said to be finalists for the position of Obama’s running mate, Sen. Evan Bayh, (D-IN), and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, have been told they have not been selected for the vice presidential slot.

Kaine flew to Denver earlier today, is in Denver tonight and has no plans to leave in the next 24 hours. Bayh is at his Washington, DC, home with his family.

Biden was last seen minutes ago at his Wilmington estate where his extended brood is gathering.

The Obama campaign would not comment, but Obama mentioned Biden twice in speeches on the trail this week, both times heralding his legislative leadersip in East Asia.

At the VFW convention in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday, Obama said, “we must help Georgia rebuild that which has been destroyed. That is why I’m proud to join my friend, Senator Joe Biden, in calling for an additional $1 billion in reconstruction assistance for the people of Georgia.”
And in Chesapeake, Virginia, Friday night, Obama heralded Biden’s efforts to provide economic assistance to Afghanistan. “I joined with people like Joe Biden to increase a billion dollars of investment,” he said.

Earlier this week, when I thought Tim Kaine might be Obama’s pick, I thought that Republicans couldn’t do better than Gov. Kaine. I stand corrected. Joe Biden is God’s gift to Republicans. First, let’s stipulate that Sen. Biden is one of the true gentlemen in Washington. He’s also a thinker. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been on the right side of history in foreign policy.

Take, for instance, that he’s the guy that wanted the United States’ diplomats to tell Iraq, a sovereign nation and a potential American ally, that they should split into three seperate nations. What gives us that right? That’s awfully presumptuous. It’s also extremely arrogant. Let’s also understand that Sen. Biden is afflicted with diarhea of the mouth. The more he talks, the more manure that’s spread.

NRO already has the material for the ads that the RNC and the McCain campaign can run ridiculing Sen. Biden. It’s an embarrassment of riches.

UPDATE: CBS News just sent out the news that Biden will be Sen. Obama’s running mate. Nice scoop, CBS. You’re only a couple hours late.

UPDATE II: While this article on Sen. Biden doesn’t make up for all the slanted reporting that the AP has done on the Bush administration, it’s a delightful opening, especially coming from the AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama selected Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware late Friday night to be his vice presidential running mate, according to a Democratic official, balancing his ticket with an older congressional veteran well-versed in foreign policy and defense issues.
Biden, 65, has twice sought the White House, and is a Catholic with blue-collar roots, a generally liberal voting record and a reputation as a long-winded orator.

There’s no question but that Sen. Biden’s long-windedness is due to his over-inflated ego of himself.

Anyone who watched his questioning of then-Judge John Roberts knows what I’m referring to. He started his allotted time by talking about balls and strikes and how a Supreme Court justice is so much more than that. That went on for almost half his time. Finally, he started asking questions. When then-Judge Roberts started giving a detailed explanation, Sen. Biden asked him to shorten his answers because he was running short on time.

That didn’t sit well with Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, who said in ruling against Sen. Biden that it wasn’t Judge Roberts’ fault that Sen. Biden had talked too long.

Here’s the other delicious part of the article:

The official who spoke did so on condition of anonymity, preferring not to pre-empt a text-message announcement the Obama campaign promised for Saturday morning.

Thank God that this official didn’t pre-empt Saturday morning’s “text-message announcement.” That would’ve been a disaster.

Technorati Tags: Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Iraq, National Security, Gaffes, Secret Service, Democrats, Election 2008

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

1. The only ones breathlessly awaiting his Prophetship to come down off the mountain are his adoring press, and his nut root groupies. The average person doesnt give a rats ass who the hell he picks.

   Comment by T.A Gray — August 23, 2008 @ 12:05 am