Biden now has as many endorsements in Iowa as Hillary.

[jillan]

Look out for Biden - - - he's got the Mo - Joe right now.


http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071226/OPINION05/712260333/1106/OPINION

[1corona4u]

1. GO JOE!!!

[jillan]

2. Hey you!

This is awesome news - huh?!

[Tejanocrat]

3. Didn't Biden poll at 3% in the last CNN poll (with Richardson at 7%, and the top three at 26%-30%)?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/20/iowa.poll/index.html

I could see Joemementum 2.0 pushing Biden past Richardson but how much news/funds/bump does Biden get from 4th?

Biden has to beat Hillary (or Obama who I expected to win until this past week) to get into the race. How does that happen?

[1corona4u]

4. Here's a reality check for you...note the date...

NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2003

CHOICE FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
(Democratic primary voters)

Now
Howard Dean
23%
Wesley Clark
10%
Joe Lieberman
10%
Richard Gephardt
6%
Al Sharpton
5%
John Kerry
4%
John Edwards
2%
Carol Moseley-Braun
1%



Gee, who won Iowa?

[Tejanocrat]

18. I mentioned an Iowa poll less than 3 weeks before the caucus; you mentioned a national poll 6 weeks

before the caucus.

In the weeks before the 2004 caucus, John Kerry was ahead in the Iowa polls, and Edwards was in second or within the margin of error in the Iowa polls.

Biden may pull of an upset 3rd place, but only if Richardson, Dodd, Kucinich, and one of the top tier candidates all simultaneously collapse on January 3rd. It's possible, but overwhelmingly unlikely.

The fight between Biden and Richardson for 4th place in Iowa will be close and very interesting to watch.

[elleng]

20. Biden's been ahead of Richardson

for a number of weeks.

http://americanresearchgroup.com/

[Tejanocrat]

21. Of the 5 most recent Iowa polls, Richardson leads Biden in 3 and in the overall average, but I'd be

happy to see Biden beat Richardson.

[elleng]

23. It seems to depend

on which polls one reads!

[elleng]

22. Remember?

Remember that in the final days of the 2004 Democratic campaign, an independent organization called Americans for Jobs, Health Care & Progressive Values savaged former governor Howard Dean (Vt.). Robert Gibbs, who had served a stint as Sen. John Kerry's (Mass.) presidential communications director, was affiliated with the group. (Gibbs is now the communications director for Obama's presidential campaign.)

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/?hpid=topnews

[jillan]

5. Biden may not come in first - or second -in Iowa but

I guarantee you that he will be part of the story on Jan 4th.

[1corona4u]

6. Yes, he will....

and it will wake a lot of people up to him. Most people that don't support him now, won't because they think he can't win, but that's total bs. That's the same mindset of the people who told Joe back in 1971, that he couldn't beat Boggs. Obviously they were wrong. Joe, all the while knew he could win. Much like he maintains now....

They just need to see something concrete before they commit to him, unlike the rest of us, who were willing to put it all out there right from the get go.

[Clintonista2]

7. If Hillary wasn't running, I would choose Biden in a heartbeat

[1corona4u]

9. Thanks lirwin2...

at least you're open to him.

[Think82]

17. Why would you vote for Hillary over Joe? Just curious

[Clintonista2]

26. Because I believe that Hillary has a better chance of winning a GE

Biden is somewhat of a loose cannon, and his words are easy to misinterpret. For example, Biden's "articulate and clean" comment about Obama, or his "you have to be indian to go to a 7/11" comment. He obviously doesn't intend to be offensive, but it comes off that way, and it would be a killer in a GE. Hillary is much more careful about what she says, and I don't think that she could be boxed in like Biden could be.

[gateley]

8. Kick and Recommend for Joe - great article -- thanks!! nt

[whirlygigspin]

10. me happy

weeee!

[Jennifer C]

14. me too

YAY!! Go JOE!

[JI7]

11. i would love to see a surprise in Iowa

[Nailzberg]

12. Let's see him come out of nowhere.

All it takes is a strong showing in Iowa, and it's a whole new race.

[Yuugal]

13. that goes for all of them

Keep pulling for your guy until the last second, because who knows how wrong these polls are.

[WillTheGoober]

15. He's a good guy... :)

I wouldn't be surprised if he did better than expected.

[gateley]

24. Hi, Will!

Welcome to DU! :hi:

I really like that pic of Hillary, by the way -- she looks so pretty.

[youthere]

25. I was just going to post the same thing.

Nice picture. And welcome to DU Will!

[WillTheGoober]

27. Thanks --

Thanks to you both; I've been around a little while now.
I only post if there's something I feel strongly about.

:-)

[Prophet 451]

16. Good for him, I still don't see why I should care

Here, we don't have endorsements. Does this stuff really make any difference to people?

[calteacherguy]

19. Congratulations, Joe! nt

[nyc 4 Biden]

28. Kick