Want Some Cheese With That Whine?

The Obama campaign is really on the defensive these days.  In response to huge polling shifts, particularly a Washington Post poll showing a 20-point swing toward McCain among white women, the Obama campaign has started to whine:

Asked about the findings during a briefing on Monday before the poll was published, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told a Washington Post reporter, "Well, your poll is wrong."

The polls are wrong, McCain is lying, Republicans are going to try and tell you that I'm a Muslim, Governor Palin would be a backward step for women if elected vice president, lawyer deployments, etc. etc. etc.

I do believe panic is setting in.

Let's Talk About Judgment

Joe Biden believes that Barack Obama has better judgment than John McCain on foreign policy. 

This is the same Joe Biden who proclaimed his confidence in John McCain's leadership by embracing the thought of joining McCain on a national ticket. 

Are we to really take Joe Biden at his word, despite his previous criticisms of Obama's thin resume, which prompted Biden to denounce Obama's candidacy on the grounds that the White House is no place for on-the-job training? 

This is the same Joe Biden who argues that John McCain showed poor judgment, when compared to Barack Obama, in supporting the Iraq invasion, despite himself voting if favor of the invasion. 

Are we to conclude that Obama must therefore be exercising poor judgment by selecting Biden?  Does Obama really want to risk the possibility that Joe Biden may be in a position to assume the presidency and perhaps make the same kind of foreign policy "mistake" as did President Bush.  Wouldn't "good judgment" call for a running mate who also opposed the invasion? 

Does Joe Biden believe that Barack Obama's opposition on the surge, a winning strategy championed early by John McCain, is demonstrative of superior judgment?