Biden in Action: In Romania, He Mixed Intuition and Smarts

• By Jim Rosapepe
• Special to Roll Call
• Aug. 27, 2008, Midnight

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s selection of Sen. Joseph Biden (Del.) as his running mate understandably is being analyzed in excruciating detail for its political impacts: Will it unite the Democratic Party? Will he help the ticket in the election? Will his prior disagreements with Obama, for example, on the war in Iraq, help or hurt Obama’s campaign?