June 3, 2007
Posted: 09:50 PM ET
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (CNN) — Did Joe Biden hit a homerun Sunday night? The Delaware senator is battling to climb out of the second tier of Democratic presidential candidates, and his supporters think his debate performance helped the cause. Biden was quite forceful when answering a question about the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. I just spoke with Biden senior adviser David Wilhelm moments ago in the post-debate spin room. Wilhelm told me Biden’s response showed that the candidate is presidential material. Wilhelm didn’t say Biden hit a home run Sunday night, but not surprisingly he was pleased with the senator’s responses. That feeling was echoed by Jim Ryan, a New Hampshire state representative and a Biden surrogate in the Granite State. Wilhelm did say he'd hoped Biden would have had more time to explain his vote on the Iraq war funding bill. Biden was the only Democratic presidential hopeful to vote in favor of the bill. Still, Wilhelm said it's going to be a long summer , and he’s confident Biden will have more time to explain his position on Iraq. As for going up with campaign commercials, Wilhelm said the campaign’s in no rush. Rival second tier candidates Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson are already both up with ads in Iowa and New Hampshire. — CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser Filed under: Joe Biden
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