Comments on: No clear-cut favorite for Dem VP among Jewish activists

By: Chuck Butcher

Chuck Butcher — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:07:35 +0000

As a secondary note, I have no idea why support of Israel beyond what any putative ally receives is in the National interest. That isn’t a suggestion of throwing Israel to the wolves, but neither is it some blanket support. Their policies certainly are not blanket support of the US, but rather reflective of their interests.

By: Chuck Butcher

Chuck Butcher — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:03:24 +0000

I watched a couple hours of Joe Biden working the crowds at home on C-span in support of a US Rep candidate (whose name escapes me) and the guy is the consumate pro. He does retail politics in a manner that any candidate would envy. In regard to VP I have no dog in the fight.

By: Jill Miller Zimon

Jill Miller Zimon — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:25:35 +0000

Thanks for the support on that, Cynthia. I met Biden at the Ohio Dem. Party state dinner in 2006 (where I got to interview Obama with several other Ohio bloggers) and was very impressed by him both one on one, in the small group setting (he gave a presentation and Q/A before the dinner) and in his speech to the dinner attendees. I thought he did great in almost all of the primary debates and, as you may remember, my choice to not support him more actively during the primary has led me to make sure that I don’t ever do that again – that is, not show more obvious support when there’s someone, even an underdog, who I do like because otherwise, you get stuck with candidates you don’t really support but will vote for anyway and I don’t like how that feels.

By: Cynthia Samuels

Cynthia Samuels — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:06:00 +0000

I’ve been a Biden fan for many years and think he’d be great. I’ve interviewed him several times and really liked him as a person, too. I totally agree with you, in other words. (as is so often true….)