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Biden returns to Iowa after 19-year absence
Quad-city Times ^ | Friday, August 11, 2006 | MIKE GLOVER

Posted on 08/11/2006 12:28:42 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg

DES MOINES, Iowa - Delaware Sen. Joe Biden was back in Iowa on Thursday, ending a 19-year absence from the state that will launch the presidential nominating season.

The Democrat said he has decided to test the presidential waters because of partisan gridlock in the Senate. Even if Democrats regain control of the chamber, he said it's unlikely they could advance much of an agenda.

"The only place you can do that is from the White House," said Biden, who plans to spend 15 days this month in Iowa.

"I don't think we're going to get back in the near term to the days when there are 55 Democrats and maybe a dozen moderate Republicans you can actually deal with."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Delaware; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: biden2008; electionpresident; ia2008
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To: Mad Dawgg
The Democrat said he has decided to test the presidential waters because of partisan gridlock in the Senate. Even if Democrats regain control of the chamber, he said it's unlikely they could advance much of an agenda.

The best agenda in congress is no agenda. Stay home where you'll no harm except emitting CO2 causing global warming.

21 posted on 08/11/2006 1:01:03 PM PDT by Cobra64 (All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
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22 posted on 08/11/2006 1:06:41 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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Biden returns to Iowa after 19-year absence

'Ow did they know it was 'im? Coulda been somone else.

23 posted on 08/11/2006 1:13:26 PM PDT by George Smiley (This tagline has been Reutered. (Can you tell?))
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To: Mad Dawgg
Added ia (US: Iowa) to the TOPICS list for our FRiends who monitor Iowa news in the sidebar.

Instead of just scrolling past them all, please take a moment to click the applicable state(s) on the Topics screen when posting news of particular interest to people in that state.

24 posted on 08/11/2006 1:53:32 PM PDT by newgeezer
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Biden has no chance.


25 posted on 08/11/2006 1:55:03 PM PDT by GeronL (http://www.mises.org/story/1975 <--no such thing as a fairtax)
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Gee, isn't Biden the idiot who had to drop out of the presidential caucus/primary process because he was found to be plagarizing speeches some guy in England was giving before the Parliament there?


26 posted on 08/11/2006 2:03:53 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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Dear Joe:

go home.

most sincerely yours,
IowaFan


27 posted on 08/11/2006 4:49:53 PM PDT by IOWAfan (without caffeine I'd have no personality at all)
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