Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware has officially been name checked by the media as under consideration for Kerry VP.

Political Wire has the story here.

Biden is another establishment candidate, a la Gephardt, who I don't necessarily agree with. People keep reminding us that this election is about activating the base, so I would think that it would be best to choose a Dean Democrat, not one who has more appeal in the crossover sector. A Dean or Clark, who unlike Dean, is actually being vetted by the Kerry campaign for consideration, would energize the base and pull votes back from Nader. Why then, is the so called establishment pushing for Gep or Biden?

It honestly doesn't matter to me who he picks, John Kerry has had my vote since November 2000. That said, I would love to see something exciting here, and not just another Cheney type pick. Let's look at someone to groom for 2012.