It probably would be too good to be true

Jim Geraghty has had a lot of fun with the idea of a Biden nomination. First of all, check out his post of things that Biden has said in the past that would be problematic for the Obama campaign. The problem with picking someone you just ran against in the primary is that reporters can dig out the less-than-complimentary things he might have said about you when he was running against you. And there are plenty of those comments. Of course, McCain would have the same distraction if he were to pick Romney, which is one of the reasons I don't think he'd go for Romney.

Then click on over to the Campaign Spot for some more treasures from Biden.

And I enjoy the idea of Biden pretending not to be Biden so he can fake out the press.

Yesterday, all the signs pointed to the fact that Biden was emerging Obama’s likely VP pick -- until the Delaware senator quickly seemed to dash that speculation yesterday. “You guys have better things to do,” Biden told the reporters staking him out, as he was leaving his home in Delaware to play golf. "I'm not the guy." But upon his return, he appeared to walk back that denial. "I promise, I don't know anything, have no idea, have spoken to no one,” Biden said. Then asked whether he thinks he’s still being considered, he answered: "I have no idea. You guys know as well as I do. See ya, fellas." A Biden source told us not to read too much into his "I’m-not-the-guy" statement, saying he was pretending not to be Biden -- rather than stating he wasn’t going to be Obama’s VP. Also, does anyone think Biden would have been out golfing and smiling had he found out he wasn't the guy?

Few will care about the VP pick a week after it's made, but the speculation is sure fun now.