What do you think are Biden's chances of winning the nomination in 2008?

[cestpaspossible]

Poll question: What do you think are Biden's chances of winning the nomination in 2008?

[TrueAmerican]

1. Slim and None

And Slim just left the building. ;)

[DanCa]

2. I "used" to think Joe would be a good candidate

But not any more. He has made so many "bad" decisions lately the only way I could conceivably vote for him if he got the nom. But even then I would have to hold my nose and vote. And thats only because he's pro stem cell - unless he changes his mind about that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. As long as he slams Dean

he has no chance whatsoever.

What do you want to bet Dean has a higher rank on the popularity scale??

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. This is totally speculation on my part, but I have the feeling he has

some personal skeletons in his closet.

Now, I have preemptively prevented myself from ever running for more than the local water board, due to my super size closet skeletons, so I'm not passing judgment.

However, if you are the Democratic candidate for president, you better be squeaky clean, something I'm thinking Biden is not.

If you're the repub candidate, if you haven't committed 1st degree murder, you're gold.

And a first degree murder conviction may not even disqualify you if the fundies have your back and you claim to be born again.

MKJ

[Last Lemming]

6. a little Gannon connection?

is that what you mean?

Look he's the guy that gave us Clarence Thomas--what else needs to be said?

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

8. LOL, I was really kind of nebulous about it,, you were laser focused!

I hate to say that "I just have a feeling", but I do.

If I was pressed for more details, I would probably be thinking a routine marital infidelity, although if Eddie Murphy and Hugh Grant can get caught with hookers and transvestites, I guess anything is possible.

The rich and powerful seem to be looking for that little extra "kinky" kick.

BTW, the whole Gannon thing is beyond creepy...and the MSM is staying away from that story in droves. MKJ

[Crunchy Frog]

18. He has a plagiarism scandal in his past

that managed to derail him the last time he tried to run for president. I don't see anything that would make that go away.

Apart from that, I just don't see him as having very wide appeal. He comes off too much like a used car salesman.

[tritsofme]

5. I'm not sure

They just had a campaign over in Britain, so maybe he can troll the speeches for material...

[LuPeRcALiO]

7. It's a lock

in Joe's World. Otherwise, less than zero.

[bunny planet]

9. Where's the 'snowball in hell' choice.

[wyldwolf]

10. somewhat higher than kucinich and Vilsack, somewhat lower than...

Edwards and Clinton

[magellan]

11. I keep mistaking him for a Republican.

That ought to tell you how I voted!

[FrenchieCat]

12. IF

Democrats are fucking demented....then yes, he could be.

Just beware of the media working their agenda. They are the ones that will try to make whatever they want.....So.

[JHBowden]

13. He'd be like Orrin Hatch in 2000

The dude is just too Washington and offers nothing new. Perhaps a Biden campaign could work with a message of "Honesty and Reform," but that would be a very hard sell given his brilliant work for the finance/credit card behemoths.

[NWHarkness]

14. The DEMOCRATIC nomination??

No chance at all. I dont know about other parties.

[ChiciB1]

15. Once I Thought This A Good Idea....

Now... he's in the TANK!!

[Telly Savalas]

16. In my amateur opinion...

he might have some appeal among the conservative wing of the party, but other folks like Clinton or Warner probably have a better shot at securing these votes. So my magic 8-ball reads "outlook not so good".

[AntiCoup2K4]

17. Wanna see the Greens get more votes than the Dems?

Not even the DLC is dumb enough to run that asshole.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. He'll get the nomination when....

[Pithy Cherub]

20. LOL!

And that flying pig is the mascot for hell's new ice hockey team. :rofl:

[AntiCoup2K4]

24. Pink Floyd needs it back for the Live 8 show first

Then they can pass it on to ---> :evilgrin:

[Blue Belle]

21. Dan Quayle has a better shot....

of wrapping up the Democratic nomination in '08. :eyes:

[patricia92243]

22. If he will not backup Dean, I will not not backup him n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

23. How 'bout: Who cares?

All these "How about So-and-So in 2008" threads are stupid.

They're distractions from the real work of 2006. If 2006 doesn't go our way, we could run Jesus for president in 2008 and he wouldn't be able to either win or get anything done even if he did win.

[notadmblnd]

25. the same as the last time he tried to run

NIL!

[Rageneau]

26. Biden has no idea how unacceptable he is, or why.

He looks in the mirror and only sees one face. The rest of us look at him and see at least two.

[LibDemAlways]

36. Agree totally.

He ought to get out more. He'd be schocked to find out what the base thinks of him.

[Boo Boo]

27. I think that Biden is going to be 2008's

"Joementum" candidate.

[Freddie Stubbs]

28. He'll have a hard time if Hillary is running

[demokatgurrl]

29. Go read a great book called "What it Takes" by Richard

ben Cramer. It's about the 1988 elections including the Dem primary, and you'll find out why Biden didn't have it.

Of course, there is another side: the bar has now been lowered so that you don't have to have "what it takes" to be President any more, and Biden is far superior to Bush in any way I can think of, so maybe he has a real shot. I was very disappointed in his spineless behavior during the Clarence Thomas hearings but he seems to have grown a pair in recent years.

[CWebster]

30. Zero, but then I would've said the same thing about

Kerry.

[TroglodyteScholar]

31. Anyone...

Anyone who doesn't see through this guy's pandering and other bullshit certainly WILL see through it by the time he begins campaigning. He is a politician of the worst sort - it wouldn't surprise me if he had a poll that tells him what to eat for breakfast.

[Nye Bevan]

32. Absolutely no chance

The 1988 Neil Kinnock plagiarism scandal eliminated his chances for good. The media would constantly be showing footage of the original Kinnock speech alongside Joe Biden's ripped off version and making him look ridiculous.

See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy/biden.htm

[grumpy old fart]

33. He's so positive, just before he's so, well, good buddy, oh well, ya know.

A Dean wanna be without the balls to carry it through.

[In Truth We Trust]

34. didn't vote-no "fuck him" option otherwise I would have voted.

[napi21]

35. I like Boden, but no long term Senator has a chance!

Joe is one of the few Dem Senators who aren't afraid to say what he thinks most of the time. He gets emotional and is most of the time believable.

Unfortunately, I don't think any long term Senator has a chance in a National Election. Because of the way the Senate operates, there's just way to many statements and votes that could be used against them. If I remember right, the last President elected directly out of the Senate was Jack Kennedy, and that was a very long time ago!

[Ikonoklast]

37. Co-opted Joe

No chance in Hell, Joe, save your breath.