Bob McCarty Writes

Karl Rove

Moments ago, I watched with interest as Republican politico Karl Rove offered his assessment of Joe Biden as Barack Obama’s running mate to Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace.

A longtime campaign strategist and former deputy chief of staff for President George W. Bush, Rove said Biden’s weaknesses include the following:

• Biden tends to exaggerate;

• Biden has a tendency to stick his foot in his mouth; and

• Like John McCain, who has been severely criticized by Obama for voting for the Iraq War, Biden voted for the Iraq War.

Rove noted Biden’s strengths as follows:

• Biden is an effective attack dog;

• Biden is passionate; and

• Biden has credibility on the topic of foreign affairs.

It’s going to be interesting to see how the last two-plus months of the election season pan out.