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« on: December 10, 2004, 03:56:29 PM »

http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=2677039&nav=QEMtU4HR

Alittle odd I must say. I guess we have to add Biden's name to list of possible 2008 candidates.
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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2004, 05:10:12 PM »

Good!!! I am officially supporting Biden in 2008. Glad to see he's running again. Hopefully he means it this time.
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2004, 05:15:53 PM »


Saying things like "I'm just going to act like I'm running now" when Bush hasn't even been sworn in shows that he's pretty interested this time.
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2004, 05:18:01 PM »

"Why is it that I'm the only Kinnock Biden to get a degree?"
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« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2004, 05:57:30 PM »

He's from the more conservative wing of the Democratic party. However, he has been critical of Bush.
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« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2004, 07:07:24 PM »

I'd support Biden.  What would a map look like?
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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2004, 11:07:09 PM »

i like joe biden.
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« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2004, 12:04:00 AM »

I, too, like Joe Biden, but we, as Democrats, NEED to understand that running northerners isn't going to win us any southern states.  Period.
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« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2004, 12:09:23 AM »

I, too, like Joe Biden, but we, as Democrats, NEED to understand that running northerners isn't going to win us any southern states.  Period.

Biden has FIRE. He could do well nationally.
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« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2004, 12:11:41 AM »

I, too, like Joe Biden, but we, as Democrats, NEED to understand that running northerners isn't going to win us any southern states.  Period.

Biden has FIRE. He could do well nationally.

Biden has FIRE. Hmmmmm I'd say that he has a bit of Howard Dean in him. When Joe Biden gets angry, look out.
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« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2004, 09:59:42 AM »

He won't get it, he's a fine senator but he just won't inspire voters or democrats enough or even doners (most importantly)... he would do poorly IMHO and get squeezed between the two wings of the party with a more dynamic leftwing champion and a moderate champion gobbling up all the oxygen.   

…but where Biden to run I doubt Kerry would give it a second shot, I still think it’ll end up as Feingold vs Bayh though, with 2-3 peripheral candidates Biden could always be one of them as might Edwards.   
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« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2004, 10:09:44 AM »

Actually, he could help bring Virginia closer, but other than that, I don't see his appeal.
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« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2004, 03:46:19 PM »

I, too, like Joe Biden, but we, as Democrats, NEED to understand that running northerners isn't going to win us any southern states. Period.

Delaware isn't considered a northern state anymore?
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« Reply #13 on: December 12, 2004, 05:15:54 PM »

Biden is respectable.  I would have to see who he is running against.  40% chance I would vote for him vs. generic Republican.
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« Reply #14 on: December 12, 2004, 05:16:55 PM »

On a side note, I think he was the only Senator to speak at Strom Turmound's funeral, which gives him a lot of stature points in my mind.
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« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2004, 05:17:36 PM »

I, too, like Joe Biden, but we, as Democrats, NEED to understand that running northerners isn't going to win us any southern states.  Period.

Ummmm... Biden is from Delaware.
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« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2004, 05:19:43 PM »

I think by south he means more like Alabama, Tennessee, etc.
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« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2004, 05:21:04 PM »

I think by south he means more like Alabama, Tennessee, etc.

Who are they going to run?  There simply aren't any high profile Democrats down there any more except Bill Nelson.
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« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2004, 05:51:24 PM »

On a side note, I think he was the only Senator to speak at Strom Turmound's funeral, which gives him a lot of stature points in my mind.

I am not a fan of Joe Biden but when I saw that video clip of him speaking at Thurmond's funeral I was able to respect him more than I did before.
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« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2004, 06:19:01 PM »

I wonder if he'll do better in 2008 than he did in 1988.
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« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2004, 06:27:48 PM »

I think by south he means more like Alabama, Tennessee, etc.

Who are they going to run?  There simply aren't any high profile Democrats down there any more except Bill Nelson.

Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee. Mike Easley, Governor of North Carolina. Maybe at some point Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas, but he's inexperienced.

They may not be high-profile, but was Howard Dean high-profile in 2002?
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« Reply #21 on: December 12, 2004, 06:48:22 PM »

I think by south he means more like Alabama, Tennessee, etc.

Who are they going to run?  There simply aren't any high profile Democrats down there any more except Bill Nelson.

Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee. Mike Easley, Governor of North Carolina. Maybe at some point Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas, but he's inexperienced.

They may not be high-profile, but was Howard Dean high-profile in 2002?

No, but Howard Dean was able to tap into the anger and hatred of the left.  That takes a special man during a special election.
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« Reply #22 on: December 13, 2004, 07:22:35 PM »

Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and DC are historically and regionally Southern, and when organizations divide by the four traditional regions (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West) they usually include these four areas. Culturally the rural parts of Maryland and Delaware, and all of DC, are Southern. Politically the South traditionally means the eleven core Confederate states plus Kentucky and Oklahoma, I think we might also be able to include West Virginia nowadays. But politically Maryland, Delaware, and DC belong to the Mid-Atlantic or by wider groupings the Northeast, sonce the DC area, Baltimore, and Wilmington are basically Northeastern cities these days (they were more Southern much earlier this in the twentieth century).
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« Reply #23 on: December 15, 2004, 01:42:15 PM »

History shows it's Govenors not Senators who win,I doubt Biden could beat that trend
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« Reply #24 on: December 15, 2004, 07:16:18 PM »

History shows it's Govenors not Senators who win,I doubt Biden could beat that trend

Bayh will, two term govenor, two term senator... solid moderate record as both and from a solidly red state to boot Smiley
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