According to the main-stream press, there are three (count 'em) candidates that you should pay attention to: Hillary Rodham Clinton (her husband was president), Barrack Obama (he's photogenic, non-white, and a political rock star), and John Edwards (former VP candidate with amazing hair). I don't know why these are the only three the press pays attention to, but there it is. And between them they have less than two full terms in the U.S. Senate and zero terms in the U.S. House. In addition to the Big Three, there are other, arguably stronger candidates who are generally being ignored. One of them has been a senator for 30 years and has an actual view about what our policy in Iraq should be (and, no, just saying "we should leave Iraq" doesn't count as a sensible policy, no matter what your polls show, senators Clinton and Obama). But maybe because he isn't raising money hand over fist, and he doesn't command rock-star status, Senator Joe Biden's sensible, experienced, and well-informed views go unnoticed by the Wolf Blitzer/Anderson Cooper crowds of cable news.This isn't to say that he's not getting noticed. Salon.com has a helpful interview with him here. And columnist Mark Shields has also written about Senator Biden.
For those of you who give a damn about what happens to this country, I ask you to pay attention to what the senior senator from Delaware has to say. He might not be the most photogenic politician or have a cadre of pollsters telling him what to say. But if you care that our next president have significant experience in international and domestic affairs, a scholar's understanding of the Constitution, and a long-record of decency, please visit JoeBiden.com and have a look.
God speed, Joe.
