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US Vice Presidential Candidate from Democrats to Contribute to Obama’s Rating

Politics Materials 27 August 2008 12:07 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, 27 August/ Trend , corr E. Tariverdiyeva, V. Zhavoronkova/ Joseph Biden, the candidate for the post of US Vice President from Democrats can consolidate the cracked positions and put a stop to a drop in the ratings of the presidential candidate Barack Obama.

"Biden is an experienced foreign policy expert and a mid-Atlantic state Catholic," said Kenneth R. Weinstein, US expert on election. "Both of these factors will help Sen. Obama".

On 23 August, in Illinois, the US presidential candidate from Democrats Barack Obama introduced its to supporters a candidate for the post of Vice President Joseph Biden, head of the international relations committee of Senate with a big experience in international affairs.

Experts say that by selecting Biden as a partner, Obama intends to work with a person with experience in foreign policy in order to put an end to a drop in his ratings. Obama's rating has dropped by 5 points recently in favor of his rival John McCain. According to surveys, the major advantage of McCain before Obama is his foreign policy and military experience.

The experts believe that nomination of Biden with experience in foreign policy as a candidate to the post of Vice President can have a positive impact on the attitude of voters toward Obama, without experience in international affairs.

Biden is a very good choice but Obama had no perfect choice to make, said Weinstein, Executive Committee Member of Hudson Institute. According to expert, Obama is less experienced than his Vice President, but this political union can win in November presidential elections. "Visually, having the white-haired Biden next to the far younger Obama doesn't make Obama look especially presidential either," he said to Trend by e-mail from Washington.

The US expert on elections Gary Jacobson believes that the candidacy of Biden will help Obama's rating a little though vice presidential candidates do not usually play a big role in the outcome of elections.

The other US expert Bert Rockman believes people who know politics and government know that Biden is one of the country's most knowledgeable politicians in regard to international affairs but the mass electorate has no particular comprehension of that.

"The importance of Biden will be in governing much more than politics and it said something important about Obama as a decision-maker. My expectation is that Biden will play an important role in an Obama administration, assuming there is one," Rockman, professor of political science of Purdue University of US said to Trend by e-mail.

The Democrats fear that nomination of Baiden instead of Hillary Clinton to the post of vice president will make her supporters to vote for republicans, however, experts believe that these fears are ungrounded.

The US expert on elections Jacobson believes that Clinton's supporters did not, by at large, expect her to be chosen, so I don't think there is much disappointment. "But many are still unhappy that she did not get the nomination, and it will be important for Obama to have Clinton's enthusiastic backing at the Democratic convention," Jacobson, professor of political science of California University said to Trend by e-mail.

According to Rockman, US expert on elections democrats Committed Democrats who supported Clinton in the primaries and caucuses will certainly support Obama.

"The bigger question is whether the rank and file who voted for Clinton in the primaries will support Obama," the professor of political science of Purdue university said. "I haven't seen any survey data on the effect of the vice-presidential nomination, but my guess is that the nomination of someone other than Hillary will make little difference," Rockman said.

The presidential election in US is fixed for 4 November.

"My guess is the presidential election will be relatively close, but I think Obama still has to be regarded as the favorite. He is still having difficulty, however, with small town and rural white populations, especially males. On the other hand, he is doing especially well among young people and highly educated people," Rockman said.

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