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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., said Monday that Democrats shouldn't shy away from pointing out Republican failures on national security. "If anything is shown by the British uncovering the plot on the airliners, it's simple -- we are not protected," Biden said. Biden, who has said he is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, was in Iowa to campaign for Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, who is in a heated re-election campaign in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District. Biden said the report of a bipartisan commission named to review the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is an example of...

After more than 30 years in the United States Senate and nearly 20 years after his first try for his party’s Presidential nomination, Joseph Biden has no doubts about making another run for the White House. “I’m in,” the Delaware Democrat said Friday as he began a five-day visit to the first-in-the-nation primary state. “I know I’m supposed to hedge, but I’m in.” Biden dropped out of the 1988 nomination race amid allegations of plagiarism. He then suffered a cerebral aneurysm virtually on the eve of the New Hampshire primary. He recalls being given a 30 percent chance of surviving....

A University of Colorado committee recommended on Tuesday firing a professor who called some of the World Trade Center victims "little Eichmanns," citing repeated research misconduct. The panel's recommendation now goes to university officials for a final decision. Ward Churchill, a tenured professor of ethnic studies, denied the allegations. He has vowed to fight his dismissal with a lawsuit...

by Mark Finkelstein May 3, 2006 Imagine you're a US Senator. A citizen has just suggested that the CIA Director and named FBI agents merit the death penalty as much as convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui. Do you: A. condemn such an outrageous comment? B. move on to another topic? C. congratulate the citizen for making "an absolutely accurate point"? If you're Joe Biden [D-DE], the answer, incredibly, is 'C'. Here's how it went down. In a 'Hardball' devoted to reactions to today's jury decision giving life in prison to Moussaoui, both Rudy Giuliani and Biden had expressed regret that Moussaoui...

He's accused of acting like a villain from one of his best sellers. James Patterson's ex-lover claims the scribe was a callous cad who stole her ideas, character names and even turns of phrase - then dumped her after saying they'd marry.... "He's a thief," [she] Sharp said. "He copies the material he's reading, taking the best parts. But no one wants to see him exposed. He makes too much money for too many people." Sharp says that shortly after they started dating, Patterson asked for her help in fleshing out the character Christine Johnson, the love interest for Alex...

Red America, my new blog at washingtonpost.com, has been under attack since its launch. It is a conservative blog on a mainstream media site, so many of the attacks were expected. If one bothers to read it, I believe it stands as a welcome addition to the opinion debate. The hate mail that I have received since the launch of this blog has been overwhelmingly profane and violent. My family has been threatened; my friends have been deluged; my phone has been prank called. The most recent email that showed up while writing this post talked about how the author...

NEW YORK A two-day effort by liberal bloggers to find, and publicize, numerous examples of plagiarism committed by new Washington Post blogger Ben Domenech culminated today in calls that he give up his new position--from some of his conservative supporters. One of them, most dramatically, is columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin. As an editor at Regnery, Domenech handled her most recent book. Conservatives had hailed Domenech's appointment to write the Red America blog. "I cheered for Ben, the editor of my last book at Regnery, when he announced his new position," Malkin wrote on her Web site today. "I criticized...

Biden: Domestic Spying Not Impeachable Offense Senator Biden says the President's wire tapping program is neither legal, nor necessary, but he says it's not an impeachable offense. By Annie Nefosky Monday, December 19, 2005 Senator Biden says for the President to order the monitoring of U.S. citizen's phone calls with suspected terrorists is not legal or necessary, but he says it's not an impeachable offense. But Biden says he wants to find out how extensive the monitoring is. "We want to find out, what has he done? All he said is generically he's done this." On the war in Iraq,...

The ranking Democrat of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Joseph Biden of Delaware, told NBC "Meet the Press” host Tim Russert, Sunday, that "unless we fundamentally change the rotation dates and fundamentally change how many members of the National Guard we’re calling up, it’ll be virtually impossible to maintain 150,000 folks this year.” But the Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, John Warner of Virginia, disagreed, saying that in conference with chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace, that top military leader opined: "That’s inaccurate, that assumption. We can do it. And we will do...

Just want to bring to you attention some names you used after 9/11 on the radio. You talked of John Vigiano a father of two that lost his sons John a fire fighter and Joe a police officer. My question to you is "What happened to you?" Do you even realize that most of these 9/11 family members that you felt proud to broadcast and associate yourself with are still strong supporters of our President and his leadership (including Iraq?) I would know because I met many of them as friends of my family. Problem with this war is many...

A leading Democratic senator has unveiled a plan to gradually withdraw US troops from Iraq, just days after another respected member of Congress caused a stir by calling for an immediate pullout of US forces. Senator Joseph Biden has said that he would like to see 50,000 US troops pulled out from Iraq in 2006, with additional troops to be withdrawn the following year. The timing of a US troop pull-out from Iraq, Biden said, is "the question on the minds of most Americans." "Here is my conviction: in 2006, American troops will begin to leave Iraq in large numbers....

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The Bush administration needs to "level with the American people" about the war in Iraq if it wants to stem eroding support for the conflict, and to step back from the unrealistic goal of establishing a liberal democracy there, Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden said on Sunday. "Persuading the people to let you win -- that's exactly what they've lost," Biden said on Fox News Sunday, referring to a quote from British World War Two Prime Minister Winston Churchill by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld earlier in the show. "They have persuaded the American people we can't...

Senator Biden's Curve Ball - Different Standards 12 Years Later - Tuesday September 13, 6:06 pm ET WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Progress for America Inc. (PFA) president Brian McCabe today delivered the following statement on Joe Biden's Senate Judiciary Committee doublespeak: "In 1993, Senator Biden counseled Ruth Bader Ginsburg not to prejudge cases and she complied, refusing to answer approximately 55 questions, including questions about public education, labor laws, abortion, and many other topics. Twelve years later, he insists that Ginsburg answered questions that she clearly did not and badgers Judge Roberts for following her lead. Just because Senator...

I was wrong about Roberts Posted: September 13, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern Joseph Farah © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com John Roberts still has most conservatives buffaloed. They just can't believe George W. Bush would betray them so boldly. But he has. Even I, the ultimate skeptic, am just beginning to fathom the extent of the shell game that has been played on conservatives – most of whom are actively working on behalf of the confirmation of a new chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who will make Ruth Bader Ginsberg look like a moderate. That's right. Up until now, I've been...

NEW YORK - Sen. Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record), the Delaware Democrat who has already expressed interest in running for president in 2008, has taken another step that signals a White House candidacy: He's writing a book. "Biden, in writing his first book, will tell the story of his remarkable 30-year career in the United States Senate — from journeyman days as a 29-year old Senator too young to be sworn in, to his rise to become one of the most powerful Democrats," publisher Random House said Thursday in a statement. Biden's planned book follows in the tradition of...

Who wrote the Bible? The Bible is an Extraordinary Book: A book which claims infallibility; which aspires to absolute authority over mind and body; which demands unconditional surrender to all its pretensions upon penalty of eternal damnation, is an extraordinary book and should, therefore, be subjected to extraordinary tests. .. The Truth is that the Bible is: A Collection of Writings of Unknown Date and Authorship Rendered into English From Supposed Copies of Supposed Originals Unfortunately Lost. … “And if you understand, then you will recognize the truth. And he who understands will keep silent.” What do we see as...

Democratic Party historian Doris Kearns Goodwin said Friday morning she was disappointed that ex-presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter haven't been invited to speak at Ronald Reagan's funeral. "It would have been a good thing to have them speak, especially for Carter," she told radio host Don Imus. "I feel bad for him. It's been a bad week when you think about how many people have said, 'After the horrible Carter years, here came Reagan.'" "Carter has so thoroughly reestablished himself in his post-presidency," she added, that "having him have a chance to speak would have been nice, yes." Asked...

Did anyone else hear Senator Biden on with Imus this morning? He claims that while visiting with President Reagan, while nobody else was around in the oval office after Robert Bork had been, well, Bork'd - that Reagan said, "Congratulations". Then Senator Biden replied something like, "well it's not anything we want to be congratulated on, we just didn't feel he was the right man for the job" (or something along those lines), to which the President supposidly replied, "that's ok, no great loss". Is it just me or does that sound like someone making up a story after the...

CHICAGO (AP) - The daughter of Sen. Joseph Biden ( news, bio, voting record), D-Del., was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of obstructing a police officer early Saturday, police said. Ashley Blazer Biden, 21, of Wilmington, Del., was with a group of people on a North Side street where several bars are located when someone else threw a bottle at a police officer, police said. When officers went to arrest another person, Biden blocked the officer's path and made intimidating statements, Officer JoAnn Taylor said. Biden was arrested on suspicion of obstructing a police officer. She was released from custody...