and what kind of contender will governor romney choose to represent him out on the trail? joining us to hash it out, republican barbara comestock of the virginia house of delegates and tony welsh, former spokesperson for the dnc. >> shannon: passion ate out there. can biden be a plus and minus at the same time? >> i think he is a big plus to the campaign. every gaffe and mistake will get people second guessing, things along those lines and start this, he can hardly speak, he always messes up, mistake prone, gaffe prone, that kind of thing. >> you might expect that barack obama and joe biden might be off step once or twice. one will say something that the other hasn't quit endorsed. what is expected. mitt romney can do that with himself. he says whatever it was i said, i can't remember but i'm sure i will stick with it.