It's going to be Susan Rice for VP

[Drunken Irishman]

64. This isn't 2008.

But even if it were, there's no comparison between the two.

For one, Biden still needs to excite the electorate, or at least a portion of it. Biden didn't need to do that in 2008 as a VP candidate because the country was plenty excited by Obama. In 2016, Hillary picked Tim Kaine, who is a great guy but not the VP candidate that brought much of anything to the table. It didn't turn out well.

Biden also doesn't need a VP with foreign policy experience because he has a significant amount of it himself.

But Biden did help Obama in 2008.

1) it neutered the experience attack. This was a campaign strategy as they decided they could still seek the hope & change message, despite having a senator on the ticket who had been in Washington for 30 years, because they needed to shore up the experience gap. They didn't just pick Biden on rapport. Biden was on the final list, as was Chris Dodd, because he brought significant experience to the table.

2) Biden had an image of a working class guy from the rust belt and the campaign thought that would work well in contrast of Obama's image, especially with much needed working class whites in those regions.

So while Biden wasn't a regional pick like Edwards had been in 2004, he certainly was still a bit of a political pick. He made up for Obama's perceived weaknesses.

I'm not so sure Rice makes up for Biden's.

I agree Biden is going to look for a rapport but he has one with Harris and may be quick to build one with Demings.