Sen. Joe Biden makes no bones about his presidential ambitions. "No, I'm running," Biden said yesterday in an interview with the Monitor's editorial board. "I should be more coy about it, but . . . I'm not very good at being coy." Biden, a senator from Delaware and foreign policy specialist, is back on the primary circuit after a nearly 20-year absence. His message: Iraq is a winnable war, Bush's tax cuts should be rolled back to fund more national security measures, and the notion that the United States is fundamentally divided into political Reds and Blues is "malarkey." Government's first job, Biden said, is to ensure safety. He said that the recent debate pitting Omaha against New York City on which city deserves federal homeland security grants was completely off-base. "Wrong debate. They all need it," Biden said. "The debate is: Why are we only spending $710 million? I'll tell you why - because of the tax cuts."
| "Wrong debate" is the wrong approach. I had a date with a blond once, back when I was young and single. Cute babe, very promising. I went to the wrong place to pick her up. Since she felt she'd been stood up we never did go out. We never developed a relationship, never came to care deeply about each other, never married, had children, built a home and grew old together. Joe won't be president for the same reason, among others. |