Sen. Joe Biden announced his candidacy for President of the United States today.

According to the NY Times, Biden is running because:

It’s a bid predicated on one major assumption: that the race will focus greatly on Iraq and other international trouble spots, putting a high priority on candidates’ foreign policy credentials. And foreign policy experience is something that Biden —chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and scathing critic of how President Bush has handled the war in Iraq — can claim without contradiction.

“I’m running for president because I think that, with a lot of help, I can stem the tide of this slide and restore America’s leadership in the world and change our priorities,” Biden told reporters in a conference call Wednesday afternoon. “I will argue that my experience and my track record — both on the foreign and domestic side — put me in a position to be able to do that.”

Yeah. Okay.

Posted by princella at January 31, 2007 07:08 PM

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If ever there was a politician who loved to hear the sound of his own voice it's Biden. I hope he stays in the race till the bitter end.

Posted by: Retired Spook at January 31, 2007 08:39 PM

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Spook,
I agree that Biden is one of the verbose senators we have. He is not someone I think I could ever get behind. I truly hope he drops out early. Just once I would love to have the the choice between two great candidates rather than the choices we have had the last few elections.

Posted by: Casper at January 31, 2007 09:52 PM

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If Biden drops out of the race, that would probably help Obama and Edwards out a lot.

Posted by: political forum at July 11, 2007 12:12 PM

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