Comments on: Joe Biden Running for President in 2008

By: Mari

Mari — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 18:50:27 +0000

DW -

I guess Neil Kinnock isn't that important if no one can spell his name correctly.:) And, it certainly shouldn't have been that big of a deal to the media, either.

Let's consider what Biden was up to while running - i.e. the Bork hearings...Trying to protect our 1st amendment rights.... And, in a sense trying to protect the media's rights...and look what they did.

No one INSIDE the beltway did anything but allude to Bush's longtime affair except that one Nightline interview with Gary Hart.

There was plenty to go around and somehow when you start comparing petty things IMHO the whole media attack back in 88 was a bit out of line.

As for being too early to start - ask Hillary.:)

By: charlie32

charlie32 — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 12:43:36 +0000

It would be funny to compare his statements to Hillary's when she announces- I wonder if he peeked at her speech.
Biden is the same guy who couldn't get the numbers right on the size of the new Iraqi forces we are training when he quizzed Condi Rice last December. He plays fast and loose with facts, like Ol' Bill, but is not half as slick at covering his tracks when he screws up.
And exactly what executive decision making experience has he got on his resume as a Senator from a small, basically one party state?
Great choice for the Dems--keep 'em coming.

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:01:14 +0000

You Republicans only like Biden because you know he has the charisma of a Right winger and that is a no winner

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:26:52 +0000

I do not think he has the gravitas of Al Gore.
Now that was funny.

By: PAXALLES

PAXALLES — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:20:50 +0000

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By: Scott in CA

Scott in CA — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:28:39 +0000

Biden is wasting his time. If the Dems want to win, they need to ditch Hillary and find some moderate, Western governor who has no connections to the Northeast and who has been visibly willing to break out of the party mold. I think Richardson has a better chance. Being half Mexican won't hurt, either.

By: reliapundit

reliapundit — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:17:38 +0000

biden is a liberal blowhard pontificating perorating SENATOR from an EASTERN state and has about as much chance at winning the presidency as he has of winning the nomination. ZERO!

BTW: I'm a registered Democrat - have been since 1974. Tho' that will change before the next election.

IMHO: The Dems only chance (and it's still a slim chance because they stand for nothing that a majority of Americans agree with) is a Richardson/Bredesen ticket.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:49:06 +0000

...he hasnât done it such a bomb-throwing manner as some Democrats.

And that's going to cost him in the primaries.

By: ronya

ronya — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:39:17 +0000

By: Jim Rhoads

Jim Rhoads — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:30:28 +0000

I have always had the impression that Joe Biden is a fairly common example of the species "senatorius pettifoggomundus" who has a bit more chrisma and common touch and is a bit less of the haughty elitist than John Kerry.

He is also somewhat brighter than Barbara Boxer and less of a knee jerk, dogmatic liberal than Ted Kennedy.

That said, I do not think he has the gravitas of Al Gore.

I agree, though that the Neil Kinnick rap is a bad one.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:26:17 +0000

In agreement with ICallMasICM on the charisma thing. Compared to Kerry and Gore, Biden is a rock star.

By: ICallMasICM

ICallMasICM — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:15:40 +0000

'Biden isn't particularly charismatic but he comes across as serious and competent.'

compared to an assclown like John Kerry?

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:41:14 +0000

It may well be that Biden's time is about to come. While he is lacking in flash, he offers Democrats something that has been lacking - solidity on issues and resume. He had the dust-up in the late 80s on speech plagiarism, but that seems pretty tame now. And while he's to some degree led the opposition response the past 5-6 years, he hasn't done it such a bomb-throwing manner as some Democrats. Obviously, Hillary is the big factor, but I think there will be a large number of Democrats willing to look at a serious alternative.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:27:26 +0000

dw: Yep, the article alludes to it -- "The Delaware senator ran for president in 1988 but withdrew from the race in 1987 amid accusations that he had plagiarized from speeches by a British Labor Party leader."

I suspect no one will care about that at this point.

By: dw

dw — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 14:44:51 +0000

I guess he's assuming no one remembers Neil Kinnick.

Any of you know why that name is significant here?