August 25, 2008
Posted: August 25th, 2008 06:00 PM ET
From CNN's Chris Welch
Sen. Obama introduced Sen. Biden as his running mate Saturday.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNN) – Even though Joe Biden's foreign policy experience has been touted as one of the primary reasons he was tapped as the VP candidate, the man at the top of the ticket seemed to downplay the Deleware senator's most talked about credentials Monday, saying it's his roots that mattered to Obama most. "People talk a lot about Joe's foreign policy experience," the Illinois senator told an audience of mostly undecided Republicans and Independents. "And its true, he's chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he knows world leaders, he can be a wonderful counselor and adviser. People talk about all the experience he has in Washington, and that’s true he's been chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he helped pass the Violence Against Women Act, he helped pass the 1994 crime bill that put 100,000 more cops on the streets. He knows how to get things done in Washington." "But you know the most important thing about Joe Biden?" Obama continued. "He's never forgotten where he came from. He's from a working class family that he still takes the train back every night to Delaware to spend it with his family." The White House hopeful also brought up the fact that he's "gone through the tragedy of losing his first wife and his infant daughter in a car accident." He added that Biden can relate to working class Americans because he's "gone through" what they've gone through. Filed under: Barack Obama Joe Biden
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