Biden jumps into an icy pool
On Monday, Joe Biden officially becomes a presidential candidate.
His Senate Armed Services Committee begins hearings on Iraq on Thursday. That puts him in good position to capitalize quickly on the unpopularity of the war. His polling numbers should rise immediately in primary states, freeing him from the bottom dwellers.
But he’ll have a tough task ahead maintaining that bump. What does he offer that differs from, say, Hillary?
There are bigger policy differences between Hillary, Obama, Edwards, Vilsack and Kucinich, than between Hillary and Biden. And part of Hillary’s edge is rooted in the support she’ll draw from women eager to see the gender barrier broken Part also rests on the popularity her husband retains. Biden can’t match her on those two points at all.
I’ve maintained there’s just three viable contenders so far and the only candidates who could arise to compete at that level are governors like Richardson or Warner. With Biden in, that hasn’t changed.
January 8th, 2007 at 4:40 am
[…] The America Street: There are bigger policy differences between Hillary, Obama, Edwards, Vilsack and Kucinich, than between Hillary and Biden. And part of Hillary’s edge is rooted in the support she’ll draw from women eager to see the gender barrier broken Part also rests on the popularity her husband retains. Biden can’t match her on those two points at all. […]
January 8th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Joe Biden has about as much chance of being our next president as Orrin Hatch did in 2000.
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