Twenty years after his first run for the White House ended in embarressment after he plagarized a speech by British politician Neil Kinnock, Delaware Senator Joe Biden is running for President again:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, who has fought against sending more U.S. troops to Iraq, on Wednesday joined the crowded field of Democratic contenders seeking to win the 2008 White House race.
“I would respectfully suggest to you that the Democrats out there understand I am the only person out there with a plan that can get us out of Iraq,” he told reporters.
“There is no possibility of a solution in Iraq that is military,” said Biden, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He urged that the international community be tapped to help bring an end to sectarian violence.
“There is no need to have a long-term stationing of troops in Iraq,” he added.
Biden sponsored a nonbinding resolution approved last week by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, opposing President George W. Bush’s plan to send 21,500 more U.S. troops to Iraq to help quell the unrelenting violence.
Biden, 64, and a six-term senator, is the eighth Democrat to enter the 2008 White House race, and often registers in the low single digits in polls behind Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama and 2004 vice presidential nominee John Edwards.
Biden plans to campaign on Monday in New Hampshire, which holds the first primary-style election in the nominating process. His trip will follow Clinton’s planned travel in the state over the weekend.
One wonders which British politician he will plagarize this time.
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:26 pm
I wish Joe Biden’s Foreign Relations Committee would consider this idea: an Iraq “Facts for Funds” Agreement could avoid separation of powers issues, while meeting the needs of Congress, the Administration, and Iraq.
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If the administration volunteers to testify without restriction on Iraq/ Iran/ War-on-Terror, Congress could
authorize funds for the Mideast in such a way that the agreement would be voided if anyone in the administration refuses to answer questions or testifies untruthfully.
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Congress and the public would get the truth, which would indirectly influence the administration toward a realistic policy. The administration would get bipartisan support, which would help make the policy work.