Joe Biden Running For President

[Dos Equis]

And your new frontrunner is . . . . 

Eye on '08: Newly Minted Candidate Joe Biden Comes Out of Gate Swinging
Wednesday, January 31, 2007

By Aaron Bruns

WASHINGTON —  The following is a new feature from FOXNews.com's political unit offering readers updates and the lowdown on newsmakers looking at their 2008 presidential prospects.

A.M. Politics

— Delaware Sen. Joe Biden has officially launched his campaign and came out of the gate swinging at fellow Democrats. Biden told The New York Observer that New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's position on Iraq "baffles" him, and said the results would be "nothing but disaster." He went on to question her electability and whether voters would turn to Illinois Sen. Barack Obama due to his lack of experience. He also called former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards — along with 2004 running mate Sen. John Kerry — a "blow-dried candidate," saying that on Iraq "I don't think John Edwards knows what the heck he is talking about." Biden also conducted a less contentious interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer, saying he learned his lessons from his 1988 run at the White House — namely "words matter" and "to lose one's temper is not a good thing."

Eye on '08: Romney Defends Abortion Views Amid Talk of Religion Eye on '08: Clinton Tops Dems, Falls to Giuliani in Mock Match-Up Eye on '08: Candidates Rally for List of Monied Allies, Accomplished Activists — Bad news, bad luck, and bad timing for Biden, however, as Bloomberg News reports his lobbyist son R. Hunter Biden is being sued by a former partner who says he was fraudulently excluded from the purchase of a hedge fund.

— At least two representatives and seven senators are readying White House bids and battling for the support of Capitol Hill colleagues, but they're not likely to hear from top House and Senate leaders any times soon. Roll Call reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are determined to stay neutral for the next few months to avoid splitting the party over the 2008 nomination and each will endorse a candidate only if a clear nominee emerges. That hasn't stopped some Democrats from openly engaging in what the Politico calls the "Pelosi primary," with some like Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd saying they're hoping to win the speaker's support. Meanwhile, The Hill columnist John Fortier reported he has heard rumors that Boehner is leaning towards former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who already has locked up former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. . . . .

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,248942,00.html

[240 is Back]

While Obama and Hilary are early favorites, my guess is that the real corporate entities which are comprised of white men are going to select someone who is a white man.

Hilary will play ball with them, so she could work.  But IMO it's going to be Biden (interesting), Edwards (completely fookin doofus), or someone else like that.  The media gets their exciting story for 18 months, but the power structure chooses a blueblood in the end.

[BayGBM]

Biden does not have a chance!  No serious politico is going to work on his campaign.

[Tre]

Finally, a White guy.

Now we can all breathe again.

[Dos Equis]

He better hire a good speech writer. . . . .

[240 is Back]

Didn't Biden have a brain aneurism in the 80s?  I remember something about that.  Wonder if that'll come up.

[BayGBM]

Didn't Biden have a brain aneurism in the 80s?  I remember something about that.  Wonder if that'll come up.

I've no knowledge of that but he previously dropped out of a presidential campaign a few years ago when it came to light that he had plagiarized portions of the speeches he was giving.

[Stark]

Finally, a White guy.

Now we can all breathe again.

lol awesome

[pumpster]

He's done even faster than Kerry let alone Allen. The press is keeping it's fingers crossed that he stays in though.

A teaser:

[240 is Back]

biden is this time's howard Dean.