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" If you signed up to get Obama&amp;#039;s VP text message, you found out at around 3 a.m. ET on Saturday that Obama chose Senator Joe Biden as his VP running mate! The Obama camp was considering many other potential candidates before it chose Biden. Here&amp;#039;s what the experts say Biden brings to the Democratic ticket: 1. Experience: He&amp;#039;s been a U.S. Senator for 35 years. 2. Expertise on Foreign Affairs: He&amp;#039;s the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which means he knows leaders and diplomats from all over the world. 3. Guy-Next-Door Appeal: &amp;quot;He is still that scrappy kid from Scranton [Pennsylvania] who beat the odds; the dedicated family man and committed Catholic who knows every conductor on that Amtrak train to Wilmington,&amp;quot; Obama said of his VP pick. 4. Fight! Obama can definitely count on Biden to play the &amp;quot;attack dog&amp;quot; role against McCain. Still, Biden definitely isn&amp;#039;t a perfect pick. People who come from big states and &amp;quot;swing states&amp;quot; (states that are up for grabs in the election) are more valuable as running mates, and Biden represents Delaware, a small state that won&amp;#039;t play a big role in the election. On Saturday, Obama introduced Biden as his VP at a rally in Springfield, IL, in front of the same building where Abraham Lincoln once served. Want to see the video? Watch Obama&amp;#039;s speech below, where he introduces Biden:      And here&amp;#039;s Biden&amp;#039;s first speech as the chosen VP:      The new running mates did have a couple of stumbles. Did you notice the part where Obama accidentally introduced Biden as &amp;quot;the next President \u2014 the next Vice President \u2014 of the United States&amp;quot;? Or when Biden called Obama &amp;quot;Barack America&amp;quot;? So, what do you think of the Obama-Biden ticket? Did you like what the candidates had to say at their first joint rally? Tell us below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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