Joe Biden — you of all people — as a democrat — should be making darned sure that the voting machines — you know the pre-programmed ones that got the blessing of the REPUBLICAN PARTY — those machines SHOULD BE RECOUNTABLE AND NOT PREPROGRAMMED how dare you say it is for any other reason that the Dems lost the last TWO selections

Sorry Joe but you have Zero creditablity on any issue and you would not win one RED STATE,,please Joe you have no chance of winning. Pack it up and go home you BIG MOUTH…

"Biden said that most Americans agree with Democrats on domestic issues." If he and his fellow democrats think Americans want with higher taxes, abortion on demand in the ninth month of pregnancy, drivers licenses for illegal immigrants, open borders free health care and and amnesty for illegals, gay marriage, nationalized health care, child molesters set free by liberal judges, and $5,000 bribes to newborn babies - no wonder they lose elections!

Great to see Senator Biden in top form. Voters are realising that he is the most experienced candidate in the race and the only one with a PlanForIraq.com . It has already happened in Iowa where he continues to get stronger. When you compare the so-called Top Two Democrats, it looks like they have been in Congress a wet weekend.

Go Joe!

Des O'Dwyer
http://www.IrishForJoe.ORG

PLEASE!!!

Does the Emporer have NO CLOTHES????

Are we in La-La Land?

Gore/Kerry lost the election because Bush and his cronies subterfuged the elction. They STOLE it.

WILL YOU PEOPLE WAKE UP????

But anybody who thinks we're going to elect a president who cannot lay down unimpeachable credentials on national security, who cannot demonstrate by his or her record or character that they have the strength and vision to protect America as well as ending this war, I think we're making a mistake again."
so biden please explain just what you stated, bush/cheney and this adminastartion have commited so many impeachable offences that i have stop at 100 so why are these crimenals still running this country..why come on tell us

Oh no. It was because of the hanging chads and people with the same names as felons were not allowed to vote. I saw the documentary by that English chap.

no need to explain, Biden. people rightly saw gore as a tax and spend democrat who was weak on nat'l security, didn't particularly care for the military and would expand every social program, even for those who are able bodied (but who just choose not to work). So, no need to explain, Sen. Biden.

Biden is not correct.

True, national security was and always will be an important issue, but Gore lost in part due to being tied to the Clinton scandals as well as the issues with the voter intimidation and vote counting problems, as well as the Florida recount and the Supreme Court decision.

Kerry lost due to the swift boat ads that called into question his military credentials.

In both cases, it was personal integrity questions raised by the Republicans that gained enough traction to siphon off votes. It was not a lack of experience on foreign policy.

IMO, Joe Biden is wrong on at least two counts.

#1 My opinion only - Gore and Kerry didn't lose their elections - they were stolen. The United Sates of America suffered its first coup in 2000 and its second in 2004. The implications are so serious that even those Democrats who know this for sure, deny it.

#2 Again - opinion. I don't claim prescience. Edwards could probably take the reddish purple states as could Obama (if the blacks are permitted to vote). Hillary is probably toast in a south still locked into the submissive wife myth. Richardson has as much chance as Biden.

Gore has every right to hate the CLINTON CRIME MACHINE. Bill stole the money meant for Gore to run and gave it to his wife, Hillary's senate run. HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?

Don't forget that those 8,000 people with felon-like names were all black.

Hooray for the senator from Mastercard, sticking it to, uh I mean sticking up for, the little guy. Shut up and go home Joe.

I would have voted for my dog before voting for the two of them dimwits.

Gore and Kerry could also have been more aggressive in attacking the dimwitted Bush.

Biden - you are my candidate - but instead of attacking Kerry and Gore - attack Hillary and Obama. Take them down, they don't deserve to be in the top tier - YOU DO!

Kerry lost the 2004 election because he could not convince a majority of Americans that he showed the leadership qualities necessary. The Democrats who think the election was stolen are in serious denial - and guess what? Unless you face reality, you will be saying the same thing in 2009.

I'm glad this Einstein here figured the election losses out, and shared this priceless nugget with us. I would have never guessed that in a lifetime. I mean, who wouldn't have total confidence in that group of brainiacs running things? Only a friggin' moron would question these geniuses at work.

Hillary will win this election if she will stand up and not let the repubs distort her views. She will have to be a middle of the road Democrat without the tax hikes. Convince these old boys down here we can keep our guns and point out the fact that the Republicans under George Bush have all but destroyed our country.

Let's face it. Our country has lost its clout in the world. This is now the post-American era. The world is not looking at us anymore for leadership or guidance since teh neo-cons took over.

We are governed by a group of criminals. How would you call people who start a war, to which all the people of the world are opposed, for no reason at all, and kill tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people, including yes, four thousands of our own children?

Biden and Clinton voted for the war, so why would we vote for them? Kucinich is the only one who tells the truth.

Wake up Americans!! And vote these buffoons off the white House and the Congress.

Stop this debate on old stuff. It is a NEW election and NEW People running. All you hear is Bush, Bush, Bush, he is not running. America need a leader who will stand up for the American people, not sell out the white house.

Joe Biden is much better in national security then Clinton and Obama. But there pretty much the same as domestic issues.

It is a shame he dont get nominated becuse hes not popular.

Sad , this country elects popularuty over Wisdom and smarts.

Cliton and Obama flip flop on national securty to promote there popularity.

And yes Biden would pull a lot more votes from the right then Cliton or Obama would on general election.

So bottom line if he wins the dems race Biden will have a very easy win for general election. If the other 2 win, they will charge the swing voters to stary right but some of em go left.

but since Biden so unpopular he lose the dem races .So we have a close general election where republicans have a better chance to win. Probably why they want a clinton or Obama in the general election.

And why Biden is not as popular becuse the republican spin machine is tring to pick there democrat opponet. which is by there preferance is Cliton then Obama. That is why they bash on the two the most. Becuse they think the democrat sheep will get mad and pick clinton or Obama to get back at the republicans.

So do we play in the hands of the gop as beeing democrat SHEEP??

Social Programs are not important? I dare say not, I am far more worried about the horrid places we place our poor childern and destruction of our nation over our greed for other people's wealth. Soon we will not be number one people, get used to it. It happened to Britian, it happened to Russia. We will not go out in a bang or war but through out stupidity to do what is wrong versus right.

I agree with Ed from Ellenville and Chris from Conn. it is better not to have either. Let other people decide for you.

I agree with Jeff Spangler. Democrats need a candidate with some backbone who is not afraid to attack his opponent like a junk yard dog. I get tired of the Democrats' namby-pamby, wishy-washy, limp-wristed Presidential campaigns. ("Oooh, you Republicans are so mean!") How about you Democrats acting as if you want to win the election, for a change?

Since 9-11 hadn't happened yet when Gore ran for office, I find Biden's lecture absurd. Someone with such mis-understanding of events that took place only 7 years ago is unfit for command. And what kind of foreign policy experience does he actually have? He was on some kind of committee? The foreign relations committee is just a bunch of Senators pontificating. They don't meet with leaders, they have no effect on foreign policy which belongs to the executive branch. His arguments are gimmicky and clumsy. If he went into a debate with Rudy who has actually met with foreign leaders on their home turf, Biden would be exposed as uninformed.

Wait.Bush was handed the 2000 election by the Supreme Court after Jeb's mess in Florida. Kerry ran into a similar mess with the machines in Ohio, but chose not to put the country through another debacle. In neither case did the Dems LOSE the election. Biden is grasping at straws and evidently thinking no one remembers how Bush REALLY got into the White House.

THE REASON THEY LOST IS BECAUSE THE ELECTION PROCESS IS CORRUPT AND HAS NO INTEGRITY WHATSOEVER…..SHAME ON US!!!!

The liberals really believe what they are saying about Gore and Kerry - they don't need any stinking evidence to support this position….the DNC said its so…and this is "Bushs War" - (even though Hillary voted for it….and the Democrats are still providing financing to it) - baffling group….Rudy 08!

Bush did actually win the 2004 election, but Gore won the 2000 election. I believe, and so do most independent investigators, that Gore won Florida. What Bush won was the five Republicans on the Supreme Court.

Biden should know his history better than that.

Candidates Votes Vote ElecVotes
Gore 50,996,116 266
Bush 50,456,169 271

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Joe Biden couldn't be more wrong. The reason Kerry and Gore, not to mention Dukakis, Mondale, Humphrey and McGovern, lost has nothing to do with their national security credentials. The last time I checked, Al Gore and John Kerry both served in Vietnam and had significant foreign policy experience and lost to a draft dodger.

Democrats lose elections because they nominate aloof, out of touch liberals that have no ability to connect with blue collar, working class voters. Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and Lyndon Johnson all had this broad appeal. They were moderate populists who, for the most part, stood up to ultra-liberal interest groups while supporting the causes of poor and working class families.

While President Bush has capitalized on the fear generated from the September 11th attacks, and has been able to score political points with this tactic, the fact of the matter is that voters only respond to those issues that they feel affect them directly. As 9/11 becomes an ever more distant memory, so too will the ability to scare voters with the "soft on national security" line. Barring another terrorist attack, voters in 2008 will be in tune with those issues that affect them most directly - tax policy, the cost of health care and prescription drugs, illegal immigration, and, in an increasing amount, the environment.

If the Democratic Party nominates Hillary Clinton, they will learn this hard lesson again. She has no ability to connect to middle class voters. She is aloof, she is a child of privilege, and she does not connect with their stories or their needs. I implore my Democratic friends to nominate Bill Richardson or Barack Obama. They are the only Democrats in the race that have the ability to make this connection with working class voters, and they are the only Democrats that can win a national election.

Biden is right on the money. If Hilary wins the nomination, the general election will be a crap shoot just like 2000 and 2004. She may end up barely winning or barely losing. It will be 51-49, or 49-48, or something like that. If Biden wins the nomination, he will carry the Independents and win the general election by 5 to 7 points. 54-47, something like that. The reality is that Biden is by far the best candidate. BY FAR! it is not even close. The Democrats need to wake up. Don't try and get 51%, try and win going away. Joe Biden can do this!

Senator Biden,
your absolutely right. i just wish american peoples open there eyes . see whose the best President to run this country. i vote you hundred times if i could having said that because your most honest. deeply cares our country as well the peoples around the worlds. i can sense and feel that if i only convice the american peoples to vote you for president i will. the way i can look at you and listenning to talk the peoples in campagin. your sound deeply sincer and honest senator . I'm very sorry that you quit in campaign for President, i will always respect you as senator as well man of word . GOOD LUCK SENATOR BIDEN AND I WISH YOU THE BEST IN LIFE I HOPE YOUR WIFE SHE FEELING BETTER AFTER THE ACCIDENT , AND WARM REGARDS TO ALL YORU FAMILIES SENATOR. SALUTE TO YOU SIR . !!!!!!!! RESPECFULLY YOURS!!!!! STEPAHNIE OF AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND WE LOVE ALL THE DEMOCRATICS ESPECIALLY YOU SENATOR AND FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON AND SENATOR HILARY CLINTON . FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON WIFE. SENATOR OF NEW YORK SHE IS WONDERFUL PRESIDENT AS WELL IN THSI COUNTRY. WE ALL PRAY WE HOPE SENATOR HIALRY CLINTON WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATE. SHE OUR SECOND CHOICE OUR FIRST CHOICE AT THAT TIME IS YOU SENATOR BIDEN!!!!! LETS HOPE SHE WIN THIS ELECTION !!!