Saturday, January 13, 2007

Decision 2008: Joseph Biden


We are going to start a new briefing here at Politics-Central along with 2008 and 2007 election news with power rankings at the end of every week we will give you a brief description and biography about potential and announced Presidential Candidates. We shall go by ABC's and today we start with Delaware U.S. Senator and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden.

Sen. Biden isn't too well-known, but is one of the most experienced and longest serving senators on Capitol Hill. This will be Biden's 2nd presidential campaign, and probably his last. Joseph R. Biden Jr. was born on Nov. 20th, 1942, in Scranton Pennsylvania. Biden grew up in a average middle class family. His father, Joe Sr. managed a car dealership. Biden began his education at a catholic school at Archmere Academy, where he played baseball and football. Biden attended the University of Delaware after his High School graduation. He recieved a Bachelors degree of Arts of History and Political Science in 1965. In 1968 He earned a Juris Doctorate from Syracuse University Law School. Wasting no time at all Biden ran for public office, after practicing law. He was elected to the New Castle County Council. Biden soon became quite popular in the state. In 1972 he decided to make a run for a seat in the U.S. Senate. He campaigned against highly favored GOP incumbant Caleb Baggs. Biden's main campaign tool was his oppositon to the War in Vietnam. His strategy worked and it won him an upset victory over Baggs. Sen. Biden became one of the youngest senators in congress at age 30. Biden has easily won reelection since. He usually averages about 60% in each election. Senator Biden served on the Senate Judiciary committee where he served as Chariman and Ranking member. The Senator devoted his time on thsi committee to cracking down on crime, sponsoring several crime legislations. He soon moved to the Senate Foriegn Relations committee where he became ranking member in 1997. He sevred as Chariman from 2001-03. On this commitee he tried influencing the president to get rid of hostilities in the Balkans. The Senator has also worked to end hostilities in the middle east and is known to sometime side with the GOPs to get his bills passed. Look for him not to do this with the Democrats in control. Senator Biden's first run for the white house in 1988 ended badly for Biden. He was caught plagarizing a speech by a Labour party leader. Biden withdrew his candidacy in shame before any presidential contest. In 2004 Biden was considered a potential candidate for president and his advisors stated he was considering running, but he felt it was too late and he couldn't earn enough money to actually win. When he learned '04 nominee John Kerry was considering him as his running mate, Biden stated he should pick Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain, a potential '08 GOP challenger to Biden. Kerry chose John Edwards as his VP and not Biden or McCain. Immediately after the 2004 elections Biden had been mentioned as a possible 2008 presidential candidate and in early 2006 Sen. Biden announced he intened to run for president in 2008. In Jan. of 2007 on NBC's Meet the Press" Biden announced he would soon make it official. Sen. Biden has made it in our Top 5 presidential candidates, however has very poor numbers. We shall soon see if Biden actually has a shot at the White House or if it will be a repeat of '88.

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