Archive for 'Joe Biden'

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Bill Richardson Drops Out - Now, Let Us Never Speak Of Him Again

To the surprise of no one, Bill Richardson has left the race for the 2008 Democratic nomination.
Now, I’m no spring chicken, and for the last several election cycles, Bill Richardson’s name has been thrown in the hat for the Democratic nomination.  May it never be so again.
The guy’s got credentials.  Okay, we all know that.  […]

10 Comments » - Posted in Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Huckabee Wins, Dems Still In Doubt

It couldn’t be closer on the Democratic side, but Huckabee is going to win Iowa going away on the Republican side (that’s one prediction I missed - the other, that Fred Thompson would not finish third, is still in doubt, though Thompson is holding on to third by a thin margin at the moment)…more later…
UPDATE […]

20 Comments » - Posted in Mike Huckabee, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Republican Candidates, 2008 News, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Monday, October 8th, 2007

Let’s Get Real: Somes “Options” In Iraq Are Long Off The Table

A word to Joe Biden and others who have ‘plans’ for Iraq that involve major tinkering with their form of government: that time has passed.  Joe Biden seems to think (along with, ahem, certain readers of this blog) that the Iraqi government is a puppet regime that is at the bidding of America.  Just look […]

11 Comments » - Posted in Joe Biden, Iraq by Mark

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Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Random Thoughts On The Democratic Debate

Ye gods, that was just about unbearable. The more I see of these debates, the more convinced I am that they are an almost completely useless contrivance. But I’ll plow ahead:
One, the reason I could NEVER be a Democrat is summed up nicely by the round of applause Kucinich got when he suggested […]

15 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, 2008 News, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, April 26th, 2007

The First Debate: Grading The Democrats

General observations: the front-runners didn’t suffer any huge gaffes, but they were pretty unimpressive for the most part.
Mike Gravel: F-.  My God, what a nut…anyone who watched that debate and would still consider voting for Gravel must be a blood relative.  ‘Nuff said about this VERY marginal candidate.
Dennis Kucinich: B.  Kucinich is a blazing liberal and […]

31 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, 2008 News, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Friday, February 2nd, 2007

The Unbearable Inarticulateness Of Being

When I spoke of Joe Biden’s gaffe, unlike many who focused on the ‘clean’ bit, I focused on ‘articulate’, and even on my own similar words, because it struck me that this has nearly always been a backhanded complement when applied to black public figures.  Eugene Robinson confirms my thesis in the Washington Post (I quote […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Friday, February 2nd, 2007

Bashing Biden: Senator Big Mouth

Jonathan Darman looks at Joe Biden and here’s what he sees:
Joe Biden has spent a lifetime in the shadows of Democratic presidential candidates, wondering why the spotlight wasn’t on him. The Delaware senator, now the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is perhaps his party’s most senior statesman on foreign policy. He was a […]

6 Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Democratic Candidates, Election 2008 by Mark

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Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Biden Brouhaha: “Blabbering Bluster”

Adam Nagourney has a somewhat comical roundup of Joe Biden’s campaign kickoff from hell:
In an era of meticulous political choreography, the staging of the kickoff for this presidential candidacy could hardly have gone worse.
Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, who announced his candidacy on Wednesday with the hope that he could ride his foreign […]

No Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Joe Biden, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

As Predicted…

…Biden apologized:
Biden said he “deeply” regretted “any offense” his remark about Obama might have caused anyone. “That was not my intent and I expressed that to Senator Obama,” Biden said in an e-mailed statement.
Good for him; it was the right thing to do…

No Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Joe Biden, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Biden’s Racial Condescension: The Left Reacts

John McIntyre highlights some of the reaction to Joe Biden’s “he’s so articulate!” gaffe re: Barack Obama from the left’s leading blogging lights.  Short version: I predict Biden will be forced to make some sort of public apology…
UPDATE 4:15 p.m.: From the “remove the log from thin own eye” department…
No one has caught this yet, […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Navel-Gazing, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Biden Declares For President (Again!)

Haven’t we already been through this? How many times does Joe Biden get to declare for president?
Delaware Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. Wednesday officially launched his well-expected candidacy for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.
It’s a bid predicated on one major assumption: that the race will focus greatly on Iraq and other international trouble spots, putting […]

No Comments » - Posted in Barack Obama, Joe Biden, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Friday, January 26th, 2007

A Half-Dozen Strong Candidates? The Democrats?

I join Tom Bevan in his amazement at Kevin Drum’s assertion:
[Just Say No] to whatever Kevin Drum was on when he wrote this about 2008:
“…[T]he Republican field is remarkably weak this cycle. Compared to Democrats, who have half a dozen genuinely strong contenders, John McCain (news, bio, voting record) is really the only high-profile candidate […]

8 Comments » - Posted in Bill Richardson, Joe Biden, Al Gore, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Candidates, Republican Candidates, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Election 2008 by Mark

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Sunday, January 7th, 2007

Make Sure You’re Sitting Down…

…and prepare to be stunned: Joe Biden is running for president.

Sen. Joe Biden on Sunday told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.
“I am running for president,” he told “Meet the Press” anchor Tim Russert. “I’m going to be Joe Biden, and I’m going to be the […]

7 Comments » - Posted in Joe Biden, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

A Quick 2008 Snapshot

It’s clear to me that my old candidate profiles and odds are no longer operative, given the recent activity in the 2008 race.  We’ve had some declare, some withdraw, and the odds have shifted.  From where I sit, the quick view is this.
Two candidates, one Democrat and one Republican, hold the keys to this election.  Each candidate […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore, Mike Huckabee, Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Newt Gingrich, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Republican Candidates, Democratic Candidates, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Election 2008 by Mark

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Thursday, June 8th, 2006

Moral Victory Watch: Nutroots® Favorite Advances on Lieberman

Credit where credit is due: Ned Lamont has pulled close enough to Joe Lieberman now to move out of the crazy fantasy stage to the serious contender:
Anti-war Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate Ned Lamont has gained ground on Sen. Joseph Lieberman, and now trails the incumbent 55 - 40 percent among likely Democratic primary voters, including […]

2 Comments » - Posted in 2006 News, Joe Biden, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Friday, May 12th, 2006

Nutroots® Vs. The Center: The Struggle Continues

Good piece today at Real Clear Politics to start out your Friday with. Tom Bevan takes a look at the battle between the progressive and mainstream Democrats and the newfound fire in the belly of the center. Bevan looks at the Jonathan Chait brouhaha, a hawkish statement by 2008 hopeful Evan Bayh, and […]

5 Comments » - Posted in Joe Biden, Evan Bayh, Election 2006, Donkeys, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Democratic Candidates, Hillary Clinton, Election 2008 by Mark

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Saturday, March 25th, 2006

Robinette?

Eric of Viking Pundit fame, in the type of investigative reporting that has made him a household name, uncovers a horrible secret from Joe Biden’s past…

No Comments » - Posted in Joe Biden, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

It’s Official: The Biden Vanity Run Is A Go

Even though he’s got no more chance of winning than I do, Joe Biden will give it the ol’ college try in 2008. The Political Pit Bull has the footage…

3 Comments » - Posted in Joe Biden, 2008 News, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Euphemism of the Day

Richard Cohen, on Joe Biden:
In 1988, his stump speech was perilously similar to the one used by Neil Kinnock, Britain’s Labor Party leader.
Why, yes, now that you mention it; I supposed a plagiarized piece does come perilously close to its source…

1 Comment » - Posted in Joe Biden, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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Friday, December 16th, 2005

Kerry Says If Dems Take House, Impeachment May Follow

Is John Kerry the worst politician alive? Is the sky blue? Is the Pope…well, you know the rest.
JFK II had this to say at a little shindig for his campaign alumni:
Kerry was speaking at a holiday party for alumni of his WH ‘04 bid.
About 100 campaign vets gathered at Finn McCool’s bar in D.C. to […]

12 Comments » - Posted in John Kerry, Joe Biden, POTUS, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Democratic Candidates by Mark

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