Posted on 06/19/2005 11:43:32 AM PDT by NO_2_CORZINE
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden said on Sunday he intends to run for president in 2008, two decades after he dropped out of the race amid charges he plagiarized a British politician's speech.
"My intention now is to seek the nomination," Biden, of Delaware, said on CBS television's "Face the Nation." He said he would explore his support and decide by the end of this year -- a sign the race may get off to an early and competitive start.
"If in fact I think I have a clear shot at winning the nomination, by this November or December, then I'm going to seek the nomination," he said.
Biden is the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a frequent critic of President Bush's Iraq policy.
He previously indicated his interest in the 2008 race with a December 2004 comment he would proceed as if he were running, but he said then he would take two years to decide.
Biden would face potential challengers including New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former U.S. first lady who has led early polling on the Democratic side.
Other possible Democratic contenders include Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the nominee defeated by Bush in 2004, and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, Kerry's running mate.
Biden campaigned for the 1988 Democratic nomination but withdrew early in the race after charges he plagiarized parts of a speech by British Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock and exaggerated his academic record.
The Republican field may also be crowded in 2008, with Bush barred from running and Vice President Dick Cheney saying he does not intend to run, thus leaving no incumbent with a head start.
Disregard my first comment...thats Durbin.
No slight to you--- I know why you posted this....
but it makes me want to HURL to see that headline!!!!
He never catagorically said that he will run for president in 2008....what he said was if and only if he has a clear chance of winning the nomination of the democratic party he will run!!!!
I question his judge-dge-dge-ment.
There's a difference?
"Biden campaigned for the 1988 Democratic nomination but withdrew early in the race after charges he plagiarized parts of a speech by British Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock and exaggerated his academic record."
A liar and a thief - the perfect Democrat candidate.
hillary is warming up the "anonymous sliming machine" now. biden will be a wet spot in the road by this spring.
Already posted.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1426141/posts
Senator Kinnock is Number Three in my pantheon of hoped-for '08 opponents, behind Kucinich and Hildebeast. He's John Kerry without the charm and good looks.
Great news. I can't wait to see all these guys tear into Hillary.
Agreed.. I think this Democratic Nomination is going to be one of the nastiest races in HISTORY of US Politics.
I think Biden has a few skeletons in his closet,.. he's quite popular with the Dems and has had numerous chances to take a shot at the Pres Nomination or VP nod and turned it down.
kerry and clinton already don't like each other, and are attacking each other via surrogates. throw in a loose cannon like biden and you're got a drunken family reunion.
Right....hopefully she'll come out so attacked by her "comrades" to win.
I had read somewhere that in college, Hilldabeat was a REGISTERED repubby and made the switch when Billary came to be.
she worked for either goldwater or nixon . . . or both. don't remember, and it probably doesn't matter at this point.
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