Posted on 12/26/2006 8:48:21 PM PST by upchuck
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, one of the Democratic party's leading voices on foreign policy and a sharp critic of President George W. Bush's handling of the Iraq war, on Tuesday said he intends to run for president in 2008.
"It is my intention to seek the nomination, and it's my intention sometime in the month of January to set up the appropriate mechanism to be able to raise money for that purpose," Biden said in a telephone news conference that centered on Iraq.
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama currently are viewed as the leading likely contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination, which will be decided in early 2008.
Bush's term ends in January, 2009, and he is barred from seeking a third four-year term.
Speaking to reporters, Biden called Iraq "President Bush's war" and said if the violence did not abate Bush's fellow Republicans would face defeat in 2008 congressional elections unless they started pushing for change.
Biden, who sought the 1988 presidential nomination only to quit in 1987 amid accusations he plagiarized some of his stump oratory and early academic work, would enter the race as some prominent Democrats are bowing out.
Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana earlier this month announced he would forego the 2008 campaign. His decision came after Obama attracted large crowds in New Hampshire, one of the early states to choose presidential nominees in 2008.
LOL-LOL-LOL
hahahahahahahaha..Oh goody! Comic relief!
How does Biden keep getting elected in Delaware? I've met folks from that state and been there many times. They seem like sensible people to me. Not the type to keep voting for the likes of Biden. The voters of Delaware must suffer from temporary insanity on election day.
-the bozo is talking again!
Good question. I know several people from Delaware and they wouldn't vote for Biden in a million years.
And I'm trying to ignore him - as usual :)
It would really be news if he didn't run for President! He "hasn't been running for President" just like he "hasn't been a frequent guest on the Sunday political talking heads shows"!
-he never shuts up so it's a never-ending effort.
In 21 years living there I never ONCE cast a vote for him :)
Heck my husband grew up there and wanted to run him down one day in downtown Dover ( he has never forgiven me for not allowing him to hit the gas instead of the break when hairplugs stepped out in front of our vehicle)
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