Sen. Biden gets wish granted with Iraq-only debate

[oberliner]

Sen. Joseph Biden’s (D-Del.) call for a Democratic debate “focused solely on ending the war in Iraq” was answered this week, but he might be the only person who attends.

Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies’ Center on Politics and Foreign Relations invited the Democratic presidential field to participate in a 90-minute debate on June 6 where Iraq will be the only discussion topic.

At press time, only one candidate aside from Biden had answered questions from The Hill about whether they planned to attend.

Sen. Christopher Dodd’s (D-Conn.) campaign said the senator would not be attending because of a scheduling conflict, though the campaign declined to specify what that conflict is.


http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/sen.-biden-gets-wish-granted-with-iraq-only-debate-2007-05-23.html

[Olney Blue]

1. I am watching to see how Biden votes on this bill.

[fedupinBushcountry]

3. He is voting Yes n/t

[BootinUp]

2. This makes me angrier than

a bill that basically was not a surprise. That most of the candidates are going to avoid a substantial and real debate.

[SaveElmer]

4. Biden is running a good campaign...

He's been pretty impressive to date...

I doubt he will catch fire...but he is doing everything right so far...

[Heath Hatcher]

6. So Elmer, by voting for this garbage bill

That can be much improved, he doing a good job? yeah, that just dosen't make sense with me sorry.

[MethuenProgressive]

5. So Biden is the only one whose going to attend???

:kick:

[justinrr1]

7. I hope the rest of them attend

seems like a great idea. our country needs this kind of debate and it should have taken place before the war. I think some of them will skip it especially since they need to do some homework to be able to match Mr. Biden on this issue.