Biden: Head Up Government Reform? No Thank You

If Barack Obama were to win the election in November, who would be in charge of his government management reform initiative, which relies heavily on information technology? It wouldn't be his running mate.

In the Oct. 20 issue of New Yorker magazine, author Ryan Lizza writes about what role Joe Biden may play as vice president. In the article, Lizza writes that Biden, when being interviewed by Obama for the chance to be his running mate, told Obama that he had no interest in government reform him that he had no interest in heading up Obama’s government reform plan. It seems that Kathleen Sebelius, the governor of Kansas who Obama was seriously considering for the V.P. slot, had indicated her willingness to take on the reformer’s role. An excerpt from the article about Biden’s interview with Obama, which took place on Aug. 6 in Minneapolis: