Way to go Joe

Wow. And you thought the Clintons were good?

Joe Biden -- your table is ready. And it might be at the Naval Observatory/V.P. Mansion.

Make no mistake about it, this was the speech that a Vice President needs to give. "That's not change, that's more of the same." "We don't need a good soldier, we need a wise leader." Biden laying out the contrasts in stark terms, and making the choice the obvious one it probably should be.

Look, I'm a conservative, but Bush has led the Republican party so far away from anything resembling conservative principles that is impossible for me to support the Republican party. There is no way, no reason, and no rational reason for giving the Republican party four more years. Sorry, John McCain -- but it's time for the Republican party to prune itself of the dead policies and dead limbs of the Bush administration, and return to its conservative roots. And the only way to do that is to vote Obama.

But Biden -- wow. Great speech. Great contrast, great fire, and great "red meat" argument setting out why people should vote for the Democrats, and Obama-Biden.