On Saturday, Will The "Obama/Biden" Ticket Be Revealed? Yep.

SENATOR OBAMA'S RUNNING MATE WATCH, FRIDAY EVENING--NO ANNOUNCEMENT YET, BUT INDICATIONS ARE POINTING TO SENATOR BIDEN, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN

As of this moment (Friday evening, August 22), Senator Obama has yet to announce publicly who he has selected to be his running mate. Recent reports suggest that the announcement will occur Saturday morning, perhaps a few hours prior to Senator Obama's Springfield, Illinois rally. Reports also suggest that there has been quite a bit of "activity" outside--and presumably inside--of U.S. Senator Joe Biden's house in Wilmington, Delaware this evening.

I have both endorsed Senator Biden for the position of Senator Obama's running mate and predicted that he would get the nod, and though it looks as though this will happen, we'll have to wait a few more hours to see if this will indeed be the case, or if a surprise is in store for us. (I sincerely doubt that a surprise will occur.)

One way or the other, it has become clear that I am not the only Hasslington reader who has endorsed Senator Biden for this position (and I'm surely not the only one who has predicted that he will get the nod, either). For evidence of this, here are the results of the weeks-long Hasslington Vice Presidential Poll, which was centered on the following question: "Who should Senator Obama select to be his running mate?"

Total votes cast: 134

1.) Joe Biden -- 64 votes (approximately 48%)
2.) Bill Richardson -- 22 votes (16%)
3.) Evan Bayh -- 16 votes (12%)
4.) Hillary Clinton -- 8 votes (6%)
5.) Chris Dodd; Al Gore; Tim Kaine; Kathleen Sebelius -- 3 votes apiece (2% apiece)

All other individuals (including "someone else") received either no votes or one vote apiece.

All things being equal, perhaps either Senator Bayh or Governor Kaine would be a good, safe pick, but things are not equal this year--we are still engaged in two wars (Iraq and Afghanistan) and things are still very delicate with regards to Pakistan, Iran, and Russia right now. It would seem to me that someone with Senator Biden's foreign policy experience and personal gravitas is perfectly situated for the role of running mate this time around, and if he is selected it will indicate that Senator Obama's good judgment extends to his choice of running mate.

Remember, the section of the Hasslington Vice Presidential Poll centered on Senator McCain's running mate possibilities is still open. I am not a McCain supporter, but I've found the results thus far to be quite interesting indeed. Feel free to vote in that particular poll, the link to which is in the upper left-hand corner of this site.