Obama-Biden vs. Bush-McCain, The Reviews

More positive reaction from the media to the Biden selection, as compiled by the Obama campaign:

The Times-Tribune (Borys Krawczeniuk) Remembering His Roots: Though he has spent the bulk of his 65 years in Delaware, Scranton is close to his heart. LINK

The Times-Tribune (Megan Reiter) VP Pick No Stranger to Hank's Hoagies: Mr. Biden has been visiting the Green Ridge establishment for years, [Hank's owner Tom] Owens said, and the shop is filled with memorabilia of the senator, from signs supporting his presidential run in 1988 to a Joe Biden trading card. LINK

FOX News (Geraldine Ferraro): This choice shows that he can exercise good judgment. LINK

Philadelphia Inquirer (Editorial) Democrat Barack Obama's selection of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware to be his running mate puts pressure on John McCain to choose an equally strong running mate for the Republican ticket. LINK

Detroit Free Press (Gannett's Nicole Gaudiano) Few people know the world like Joe Biden. LINK

San Jose Mercury News (Editorial) Joe Biden is the right choice for a tight race and a tough world. LINK

Wilmington News Journal: (Gannett's Nicole Gaudiano) Fighter repeatedly rises to occasion But Biden brings much more than a well-seasoned flavor to the Obama-Biden ticket, and the keys to the teaming may reside much farther down the résumé -- all the way back to his roots in Scranton, Pa., his early path to a seat in the Senate and his resiliency in the face of tragedy. LINK

Wilmington News Journal (Editorial) Jill Biden is an educator and much more. Her causes include military families, cancer awareness LINK

Rocky Mountain News (M.E. Sprengelmeyer) A long foreign policy resume isn't the only thing Sen. Barack Obama gets by picking Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate. He also gets a scrappy, political pit bull to fend off Republican attacks, perhaps allowing Obama to spend more time on the high ground where he has long been more comfortable. LINK

News Record (Doug Clark) Barack Obama made a mature, serious and safe decision in selecting Joe Biden as his running mate. LINK

Boston Globe (Scot Lehigh) Joe Biden was the right VP pick, made for the right reasons...The biggest thing Biden brings is foreign-policy experience and respect among serious people not just in Washington but in capitals around the globe...In choosing him, Barack Obama has added important ballast to the Democratic ticket. LINK

New York Times (Michael Gordon) In three decades in Washington, Mr. Biden has been one of the Democratic Party's most energetic leaders on foreign policy. He has held countless hearings, opined volubly on security issues and, by his own account, advised Mr. Bush on matters like calling for the further expansion of NATO... More generally, both of them fit into the mainstream of Democratic thinking on foreign policy and national security, which emphasizes working with allies and using force as a final recourse. LINK

Des Moines Register (David Yepsen) Not only does Biden, now chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, bring all the much-mentioned foreign policy experience to Obama's team, but he's a scrappy campaigner with appeal to blue-collar voters and Irish Catholics. He's also one of the poorest members of the U.S. Senate, a pol who still lives at home and takes the train to work from Delaware to Washington each day. LINK

Chicago Tribune (Editorial) Biden unarguably is qualified to be president-and to help manage what may become a decades-long conflict with global terrorists. If Obama wins the presidency, a Vice President Biden would help focus Capitol Hill Democrats on Job One: their responsibility to protect U.S. security. His earned stature thus would bulwark a young president and reassure many Americans. In a crisis, both of those missions would be critical. LINK

The Times-Tribune (Borys Krawczeniuk) Scranton Never Leaves You: [Joe Biden] "I never left Scranton, as you know. Scranton never leaves you. Scranton is part of your heart. It becomes part of who you are"...."Tell the guys in Green Ridge, I'm coming home. If they don't vote for Obama, they got me to answer to." LINK

The Times-Tribune (Borys Krawczeniuk) Reps in Region Praise Biden: [US Senator Republican Arlen Spector] "No one on the Democratic side knows more about foreign policy than Sen. Biden. He's been an articulate spokesman on the subject. He also knows about domestic policy. He's been a leader on crime control." LINK

The Times-Tribune (Megan Reiter) Childhood Friends Cheer Biden: "I think it's great," Mayor Chris Doherty said. "The senator is a real son of Scranton, born and raised here, and I think they will both do very, very well." LINK

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Tracie Mauriello) In Scranton, Celebration For Local Boy Who Made Good: It was a smart choice, said Scranton residents of both parties.   LINK

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Brad Bumsted) Biden's PA Roots Run Deep in Scranton: Obama's choice of Biden, a Scranton native, as his vice presidential pick was generally met with widespread enthusiasm in this blue-collar town LINK

Los Angeles Times (Editorial) Biden, an impressive choice for VP-Obama has added a serious, sophisticated and experienced voice to the ticket...Instead of attacking Obama's approach to choosing a running mate, McCain should emulate it. LINK

Los Angeles Times (Noam N. Levey) He is a putterer who plants bushes in his backyard and designed his own house, including space for his elderly parents. He's a man quick to find a doctor for someone's sick grandmother or hold a fundraiser for a local firefighter battling cancer. This Joe Biden is the son of a car salesman who lost nearly all his money and moved his family from Scranton, Pa., to a hardscrabble neighborhood in Delaware. LINK

Des Moines Register (David Yepsen): It's a choice that should help Obama in Iowa, a battleground state...Picking Biden is a solid choice that adds political savvy, national security experience and a pit bull campaigner to Obama's ticket. LINK

Washington Post (Dan Balz): Still, Biden brings far more to the ticket than foreign policy experience. He has a powerful personal story... Biden's record in the area of crime and the judiciary is another asset Democrats can point to that will go beyond his foreign policy credentials. LINK

USA Today (Susan Page): Barack Obama's choice of Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as the Democratic vice presidential nominee instantly bolsters the ticket's credentials on foreign policy...Biden, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is one of Congress' most knowledgeable and respected voices on national security. LINK

Christian Broadcasting Network (David Brody): Obama has always said that the first criteria for a VP is that he would need to be someone who could step in and be President from day one. Biden fits the bill... [O]verall, Obama seems to have passed his first big test. LINK

FOX News (Geraldine Ferraro): This choice shows that he can exercise good judgment. LINK

Newsweek (Howard Fineman): What does Biden bring to the ticket? A lot. First of all, he has a love of politics and public service. He never tried to get rich from his role, even though he has been in the Senate for decades... He genuinely wants to serve. LINK

NBC (Chuck Todd): The fact is he doesn't spend a lot of nights in Washington. He's one of the few incumbent senators that always tries to spend the night at home in Delaware. There are probably a lot of first-term senators who've spent more nights in Washington, D.C. than Joe Biden has over the last 30 years. LINK

Washington Post (Chris Cillizza): In choosing Biden, Obama showed -- again -- that he is not solely an ideologue, taking advice from only those who agree with him. LINK

TIME (Joe Klein): "Biden has the stature and knowledge--and the blue-collar, no bull pugnacity--to call McCain on his imprudent militarism." LINK

The Hill (Bob Franken): "In all seriousness, Biden is a formidable choice. Not only does he have a depth of knowledge about the law, social issues and international relations - after decades of Senate leadership in all those areas, he is a truly nice guy, with a real, common touch." LINK

MSNBC (Joe Scarborough): Joe Biden, again, the consensus seems to be this morning, Joe Biden, a great pick for Barack Obama. LINK

NBC (Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro): "The candidate many Republicans least wanted to see Obama pick was Biden" LINK

The Hill (Brent Budowski): "In his first truly presidential decision, Barack Obama acted like a president and chose a presidential-caliber candidate for vice president. I recently wrote that this choice would speak volumes about the kind of president he would be, that if he choose one of the heavyweight contenders, such as Sam Nunn or Joe Biden, over the less-qualified candidates it would be an enormously positive sign. Obama came through, big time." LINK

CBS (Vaughn Ververs): "The senator brings some real strengths to this ticket. He's one of the most respected foreign policy minds in the Senate, something that was reaffirmed by his quick trip to the nation of Georgia during the recent crisis there." LINK

The Atlantic (Marc Ambinder): "I gather that what impressed Obama about Biden is that Biden gets things done. He's a man of action." LINK

TPM (Greg Sargent): "Biden, ultimately, shares and embodies one of the core convictions driving Obama's campaign: That Democrats can win an argument about national security with Republicans, and shouldn't run from a fight on the topic or concede any sort of presumed GOP superiority on it." LINK