Obama and Biden appeared together on 60 Minutes this weekend. That link will lead you to a site where you have a choice of watching a video clip of the appearance, or reading it in an article form. Either way, I especially liked what Obama had to say about (one of) his reasons for choosing Biden:
if I'm in the room making the kinds of tough decisions that the next president's gonna have to make, both on domestic policy and on international policy, then I want the counsel and advice of somebody who's not gonna agree with me a 100 percent of [the] time. In fact, somebody who's independent enough that can push back and give me different perspectives and make sure that I'm catching any blind spots that I have.
"Look there is no choice I could have made where the person's gonna agree with me a 100 percent of the time. And I wouldn't want that person. Michelle doesn't agree with me a 100 percent of the time. You know, in fact with Michelle, if I can get to 50 percent, I'm feeling pretty good.
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