Biden Says He Is Going To Run

Daily Iowan ^ | 9/25/06

[areafiftyone]

Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., bucked a trend by announcing his intention to run for president over the weekend - distinguishing himself from other visiting hopefuls who have dodged the question on their respective visits to Iowa.

Biden swept through eastern Iowa on Sept. 23, stumping and raising money for Democratic congressional hopeful Dave Loebsack during a two-day tour of the state.

"I'm coming back next year to do something else," Biden said near the end of his speech in Cedar Rapids, referring to next fall's run-up to Iowa's January 2008 caucuses, which signal the official start of the presidential election cycle.

Delaware's senior senator touched on health care, the minimum wage, the balance of power in Congress, and the overall direction of the country to the crowd of roughly 40 Democratic supporters.

Interestingly, Biden took a page from the Republican playbook by accusing President Bush of not having a plan for certain issues - a tactic that has often been used against Democrats.

While pacing across the living room of supporters Dave and Stacey O'Brien, Biden also spoke to the attentive backers on the broader outlook of the American people.

"It is a hallmark of Americanism that we're full of grit and optimism," Biden said. He asserted that the optimism is being worn away, more than partly because of Republican policies - a point that has been pushed lately by many Democrats.

"Taxing wages and not taxing investments has caused the economy to contract," Biden said as his animated speech rose to a yell, clenching his fists to illustrate his point.

Loebsack introduced and opened for Biden, after conversing and handshaking over shrimp and cheese platters.

Loebsack, a political-science professor at Mount Vernon's Cornell College, currently trails his opponent, U.S. Rep. James Leach, R-Iowa, by more than 10 percent, according to a recent Cedar Rapids Gazette poll.

"I have to tell people who I am, what motivates me, what drives me, what my message is," Loebsack said. He cited data that says Leach has low approval ratings and is aided by Loebsack's lack of name recognition.

Harvey Ross, a supporter at the event and longtime Democratic activist, agreed with Loebsack.

"The question is, will he raise the money to get his message to all voters?" Ross said. "He needs to get their attention."

[gov_bean_ counter]

I prefer to call him an admitted liar and thief.

[Red Badger]

He's been hinting er.. drooling at this for about a year now.

IOW, he's been Biden his time..........

[SoFloFreeper]

Biden Says He Is Going To Run...

Ooooooooooh, that's gooooooooooooood.

[areafiftyone]

ROFLMAO! That is perfect!

[edpc]

I'm guessing he's had a backlash at home from that comment. Campaigning will help him forget about these....

[areafiftyone]

IOW, he's been Biden his time..........

*SNORT*

[Crawdad]

"I'm coming back next year to do something else," Biden said near the end of his speech in Cedar Rapids,

"I'm coming back next year to do something else,"

---Neil Kinnock, 06/07/1986

[callthemlikeyouseethem]

"...and ended up in the bottom two-thirds of my class and then decided I wanted to stay, went back to law school and, in fact, ended up in the top half of my class."

being in the top half means he could still have been in the bottom two-thirds, eh? unless i'm missing something, this is no accomplishment...;)

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Biden Says He Is Going To Run"

...to the john ?

[Mike Bates]

Don't know about that fake smile getting tired theory. It happened before the cap job, the hair plugs, etc.

Then again. . . .

[B Knotts]

Believe it or not, I saw a minivan last week with a "BIDEN 2008" sticker. I laughed out loud.

[MinuteGal]

Aha! Good catch, Crawdaddy. The plagiarist rides once more!

Looks like we may see the Seven Dwarfs also ride the rails in the next Democrat presidential run-up.

Biden being Dopey again, of course.

Leni

[areafiftyone]

LOL - I'm sure that person's car will be keyed by the Ultra leftists soon enough! LOL

[ElkGroveDan]

Biden's special speech he wrote just for this event began "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all..."

[demkicker]

"Taxing wages and not taxing investments has caused the economy to contract," Biden said as his animated speech rose to a yell, clenching his fists to illustrate his point.

Psssst: Joe, thanks for being upfront about what you want to tax. Campaigning for President and advocating you are for taxing us Americans who invest our hard earned dollars is a brilliant strategy.

Nice to see you are using that same old loser playbook.

[toddlintown]

Needs some more plugs before he hits the campaign trail. That, and a brain.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Nice to see you are using that same old loser playbook.

And you would have thought that all the pages of that playbook would have been colored on by now.

[Clifford The Big Red Dog]

Pla·gia·rist - n. One who plagiarizes, or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary.

[bmwcyle]

Photoshop bad hair plugs.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

It just gets better and better.
Crazy Chavez, Crazier Clinton and now Biden.