I just watched Joe and "Jilly" on Oprah!

[PatSeg]

They looked so radiant and gorgeous!

[jillan]

1. Yes, they did.

They are a beautiful couple and you can tell that they are very much in love.

[AspenRose]

2. I wish they'd bottle that je ne sais quoi, so I could purchase it

*sigh* Barack and Michelle have 'it' too.

[PatSeg]

3. I love how Joe calls her Jilly

That was so sweet.

[WheelWalker]

4. I just saw a clip

where Jill said Joe had his choice between VPOTUS and SOS. I hadn't heard that before. Do I need to get out more?

[PatSeg]

5. Nope

It appears she revealed something that wasn't commonly known, though I thought I'd heard it before. The media is making a big deal out of it, but it will fade quickly I'm sure.

Fourteen hours and 42 minutes to go!!!!

[WheelWalker]

6. I'm right beside you. It is surreal, knowing

from where this group, and this nation, have come since January (what was it?) the third.

[PatSeg]

7. Seems like a lifetime ago

What an amazing time to be alive!

[elleng]

8. Guys, please help with this.

Didn't Joe say that O had given him the choice (in one way or another), and that he'd opted for VP 'with conditions?'

This is ALL OVER now, and I'd like to confirm.

THanks and good luck!

[WheelWalker]

9. Too much.

[Muttocracy]

10. yeah, I replied to a couple of those threads, as did Jennicut and DesertedRose

I think, plus others maybe.

New Yorker October 2008 - http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/20/081020fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=all

Obama also asked Biden whether he thought that he was more suited to a different position. “He said, ‘You have a great interest in national-security policy, foreign policy,’ ” Biden told me. “He wasn’t offering me this, but he said, ‘Would you rather be Secretary of State instead of Vice-President?’ And I thought a lot about that.”

Biden consulted with his closest political advisers, including Ted Kaufman, Mike Donilon, and John Marttila, all of whom have been with him since the early days of his career. “They convinced me that I could have more influence on policy as a Vice-President with Barack,” Biden said. “And so the bottom line of all of this is that I said, ‘Barack, look, if you’re going to ask me to do this, please don’t ask me for any reason other than that you respect my judgment. If you’re asking me to join you to help govern, and not just help you get elected, then I’m interested. If you’re asking me to help you get elected, I can do that other ways, but I don’t want to be a Vice-President who is not part of the major decisions you make.’ ”

[elleng]

11. Thanks a TON, JoeIs!

Shouldn't we use this to 'inform?' Like at HuffPo and other places???

[PatSeg]

12. Thank you

I knew I'd read that somewhere, but thought it was the Newsweek article (it wasn't).

I've responded to a couple threads as well. They made a big deal over a non-story.