While I have said a number of times I like Sen Biden, I dont think the choice is as black and white as you all are making it.

While I understand the frustration with the last years, the question to me is to we want to go as far left and this ticket with a Democratic congress will take us ? This is what I personally need to work through and why I mention Sen Obama's background. While I can find lots of frustration in the last years, change to an extreme is not the way to go as I see it. I do not like to vote AGAINST something and a vote JUST to change from the current is not prudent in my mind. The congressional elections are very important ! Had the Democrats nominated someone more mid stream then I would be on board for sure !

I have never had a problem voting for a democrat before, but never was their a ticket so leftist as this one.

Having said all that, except for the debates, folks will vote on the Presidential candidate anyway, although as I said earlier this selection by Sen Obama was one of the BIG decisions I can recall in recent years. Perhaps anyone but Biden may have sealed his doom !