Senator Biden will be doing important work,

[elleng]

as we all knew.

"Here you have for the first time in all American history a woman or African-American poised to be the next president, and there's no way to break through that," Biden said.

"In retrospect, the only thing one can hope to do is be in a position of third place and then wait for somebody to make a major mistake, because there's no oxygen left in the air" for other candidates.

Sen. John McCain, Biden added, appears to be the only Republican candidate with a strong foreign-policy background.

"I would say, quite frankly, its awfully hard not to be qualified on foreign policy and be president in this environment," Biden said.

Biden said he plans to hold a "pretty aggressive" series of hearings by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which he chairs, when Congress resumes regular activities. He added that he adopted a similar approach in 1992, holding a series of hearings on crime and safety issues that helped make them important issues for the Clinton campaign.

"My hope is, quite frankly, that I can begin to help whomever the Democratic nominee is to have a foreign-policy agenda they can run on," Biden said. Last year, the Delaware senator won 75 Senate votes, including 26 from Republicans, for a political solution in Iraq that would move the country toward a federation of semiautonomous territories.

"Most Republicans acknowledge that Bush's foreign policy has been less than a success," Biden said. "I've literally gotten scores and scores of calls from major players in the foreign-policy establishment, former Republicans as well as Democratic administration officials, who want to work with me to come up with a coherent construct for foreign policy."

http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080113/NEWS01/80113005/1002

[gateley]

1. Wow. I'm so glad that he's not endorsing anyone at this time (hope he

doesn't, period) - and that he's got his eye on the ball.

This this morning I read the headline: Bush: Iran threatens world security. Swell. Unbelievable.

I want to hear Joe's voice on this. I want to know what's REALLY going on.

Thank you for this -- I posted on the site.

[Eurobabe]

3. I just saw your comment on the story

Mine was the first one (Eurotrash) LOL.

God love ya JOE!!

[elleng]

4. I too hope that he doesn't endorse anyone, ever,

AND I hope that he is able to establish himself in a critical role in whatever administration. I also hope that he works with General Clark, wherever he may be.

[jillan]

2. Excellent! Because Obama is going to need all the help he can get.