Monday, June 20, 2005
Not Biden His Time
While waiting for Kris to respond to my Social Security challenge...this is too good to pass up:
Biden to Seek Presidential Nomination
I think he's a little nutty for announcing the bid this early (psss...Joe...you raise money from your historical sources first, THEN you start stumping nationwide and testing your message, THEN you declare that you are a candidate)....but the Democrats could do worse. That said...who are the other options?
Bill Richardson has the intelligence and the portfolio, but coming from a small state, he lacks the charisma necessary to raise money and name recognition. In other words...he needs to be Bill Clinton, and he's just not. Plus, its dangerous to assume that he would bring in more of the Hispanic vote for Democrats - talk about a fractured voting bloc.
Mark Warner would be a great choice: a record of bipartisan leadership, a centrist from the South...but the last time America elected a Southern Governor who had been out of office for more than a year, we ended up with the Carter Administration. And Warner gets bumped from the Governor's Mansion in Richmond next January. We're dumb, but not that dumb.
The Fearsome Foursome of previous nominees? [laughs, chokes on his lunch, keels over at his desk, recovers]...sorry.
That leaves Hillary. And if that's really the case, Democrats should be thanking their lucky stars that there is anyone considering a serious run against Hillary for the nomination...even if it's Biden, a guy caught plagarizing twice. Because...everyone repeat after me...the easiest way to guarantee another four years for a GOP White House is to nominate Hillary.
Of course, this is all a moot point if McCain runs.
Biden to Seek Presidential Nomination
I think he's a little nutty for announcing the bid this early (psss...Joe...you raise money from your historical sources first, THEN you start stumping nationwide and testing your message, THEN you declare that you are a candidate)....but the Democrats could do worse. That said...who are the other options?
Bill Richardson has the intelligence and the portfolio, but coming from a small state, he lacks the charisma necessary to raise money and name recognition. In other words...he needs to be Bill Clinton, and he's just not. Plus, its dangerous to assume that he would bring in more of the Hispanic vote for Democrats - talk about a fractured voting bloc.
Mark Warner would be a great choice: a record of bipartisan leadership, a centrist from the South...but the last time America elected a Southern Governor who had been out of office for more than a year, we ended up with the Carter Administration. And Warner gets bumped from the Governor's Mansion in Richmond next January. We're dumb, but not that dumb.
The Fearsome Foursome of previous nominees? [laughs, chokes on his lunch, keels over at his desk, recovers]...sorry.
That leaves Hillary. And if that's really the case, Democrats should be thanking their lucky stars that there is anyone considering a serious run against Hillary for the nomination...even if it's Biden, a guy caught plagarizing twice. Because...everyone repeat after me...the easiest way to guarantee another four years for a GOP White House is to nominate Hillary.
Of course, this is all a moot point if McCain runs.
