I woke up today to find, like many of you, that Barack Obama had picked Joe Biden as his running mate. My general reaction is 'eh.' Biden consistently does the biddin' of MBNA and First USA, and was one of the main stooges pushing through the idiocy of the bankruptcy bill. But, he can be funny, and his 'noun, verb, 9/11' take down of Giuliani was classic, and will be needed again in a race against a campaign that says their guy can't remember the number of houses he owns because... he was a POW.

And, Biden is better than Evan Bayh or Tim Kaine. And, he sort of reminds me of a grandfather, a la what Tim said. So, OK, I will take him.

Anyway, I log on to Philly.com this morning, and one of the headlines right underneath the Biden story is a turd piece of 'analysis' by the ultimate hack of the Associated Press, Ron Fournier. Seriously, the article is high comedy.

Look at these 'balanced' stuff, which looks like it is straight from the McCain campaign:

Analysis: Biden pick shows lack of confidence

...In picking Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate, Barack Obama sought to shore up his weakness , inexperience in office and on foreign policy , rather than underscore his strength as a new-generation candidate defying political conventions.

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The picks say something profound about Obama: For all his self-confidence, the 47-year-old Illinois senator worried that he couldn't beat Republican John McCain without help from a seasoned politician willing to attack. The Biden selection is the next logistical step in an Obama campaign that has become more negative , a strategic decision that may be necessary but threatens to run counter to his image.

Profound about Obama, or profound about the author? Wait, there is more:

A senior Obama adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity, said his boss has expressed impatience with what he calls a "reverence" inside his campaign for his message of change and new politics. In other words, Obama is willing , even eager , to risk what got him this far if it gets him to the White House.

Good one, Ron! But, he does say something nice things about Biden!

Biden brings a lot to the table....

....So the question is whether Biden's depth counters Obama's inexperience , or highlights it?

It goes on from there, too.

Oh, on a totally unrelated note, John McCain offered Fournier a job, a fact that Fournier never disclosed. And, oh by the way, Fournier was found to have sent Karl Rove an email telling him to 'keep up the fight.' Oh, and by the way, Fournier blatantly repeats lies about Democrats, like that Al Gore invented the internet. Oh, and by the way, when he is not slobbering over McCain, he is calling Obama arrogant, and the Clintons utterly self-absorbed.

Dear Philly.Com, I see the hack piece is off of the front page. Please do us a favor, and never run this jackass' 'analysis' again.