Joe Biden Chosen as Obama’s VP

According to an article in the New York Times, Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama announced that he has chosen Sen. Joseph Biden to be his running mate in the election for president of the United States.

Reports all over are rife with assumptions that Obama chose Biden on the basis of his age and sense of familiarity he will provide voters on election day.

The question that immediately comes to mind is who will be the marionette and who will control the strings? Since both are prone to saying things that are hard on the American ear (Obama’s speech on race and Biden’s blunt approach to politics) there can only be two possible outcomes:

1. They find a happy medium where they can convey their messages with impact without discouraging voters. An approach that displays cohesion, respect, and balance.

2. One will continuously have to apologize for the other, holding countless press conferences to state firmly that “well he didn’t mean what you thought he meant when he said that…”

It will certainly be interesting to see which path is chosen in this extremely historic royal rumble-esque election. This move by Obama may have leveled the playing field or just made it harder to play through.