Biden: A good choice?

On first glance, I think in terms of climate and energy policy, Biden makes me much happier than Bayh or Kaine. Check out this well-written story from the Kos about Biden’s feelings on public transbort

An Acela Ride with Sen. Biden.

by KStreetProjector

Sat Aug 23, 2008 at 05:54:13 AM PDT

For 20 years I have riden the Train from Washington DC to points North, and vice versa of course.

Train Travel, unlike the automobile, is inherently social.   In the bad old days, in the 80’s I once needed 12 hours (and three different trains) to take one MetroLiner trip from NY to DC.   There was an ice storm involved.

(Of note, it was Joe Biden and few other stalwart and forward thinking leaders in DC got Amtrak the money to upgrade the track and trains we now know as Acela, and his VP role is wonderful new for Train Lovers)

But this journal is a recollection of one train trip, in early 2002 when Joe Biden was my seat mate… more

Also, a quick fact-sheet on Biden’s energy and climate legacy in the Senate.

And finally, a senate resolution he co-sponsored with Sen. Dick Luger (R-IN), encouraging the US to reengage productively in international climate negotiations.