The completely ridiculous VP press buzz has flitted away from Indiana Senator Evan Bayh and alighted on Delaware Senator Joe Biden. Matt Yglesias has the same reaction I did: whatever you think Biden would help or hurt the ticket on foreign policy, based on his longtime advocacy for Amtrak, Vice President Biden would be great for passenger rail policy.

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David Alpert created Greater Greater Washington in 2008 and was its executive director until 2020. He formerly worked in tech and has lived in the Boston, San Francisco Bay, and New York metro areas in addition to Washington, DC. He lives with his wife and two children in Dupont Circle.