Joe,
Congratulations on joining the Obama 08 campaign.
Your proven, intelligence-driven passion to get to the bottom of America's most important challenges is a welcome addition to the Obama campaign.
You perfectly compliment Barack -- the combining his deep intellectual curiosity with your deep and substantive problem-solving skills is a slam dunk ticket for 08.
The McCain camp is going to try to paint this as "admitting" that Obama is lacking skills in foreign policy and governing. And, of course, they'll try to use your own words about Obama during the primaries to muddy up the waters. My strong recommendation is to utilize jujitsu politics -- graciously receive the incoming political fodder, and turn it around on them. I argue that your addition to the ticket means that the very concerns they're voicing are now nullified. Thanks to you joining the ticket, Barack will have the most senior foreign policy adviser at his side every day of his administration, providing him with deep knowledge of not just foreign affairs, but serve as his "chief navigator and bridge builder" on capitol hill.
Joe, you will restore integrity and honor to the position of vice president, and I believe you will work your tail off to undo the awful things that the sitting Vice President has done to this country fort the past 8 years.
Congratulations to both you and Barack on forming a most formidable ticket.
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Cross-posted By "Our Karl Rove" to http://OurKarlRove.com