I miss Joe Biden.

[undeterred]

He always had something funny and smart to say. The primaries were interesting back then.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Great talk-tough snappy witticism guy. Too bad his votes don't back it up....

... But he's great as a talk show winner for us.

[PBS Poll-435]

30. Wow...

Who DO you approve of?

[grasswire]

2. and a grownup

A real live competent grownup.

[susanwy]

15. absolutely!

And still is, hasn't endorcement yet and has reminded us all to stay calm and let the process play out. All the while reminding us that McLame is an easy target in the fall.

[gateley]

3. Babe, you read my mind!

Can you imagine him debating McCain? He'd shred him.

He's still fighting the good fight for us back in Washington -- trying to get us the hell out of Iraq, giving Crocker and Patraeus a hard time.

[undeterred]

6. Yes, he would be the real deal

and they wouldn't be "vetting" him cuz he's been around too long. He'd be a good VP.

[Hatchling]

7. I'm praying he get's the VP slot.

I would be a lot happier voting in November if he wer on the ticket.

[undeterred]

8. He deserves it.

And if something happened to the president, really- he could be president. I know he's a corporate guy and all, but he's smart and experienced and stable and so much better than the Republicans and why didn't he do better?

[Think82]

16. He deserves to be president.

And he's not a corporate guy. If you are referring to the bankruptcy vote, that was going to pass anyway and he was ab;le to work in a provision to help single mothers, and he represents Delaware which is where the cc companies are. His 35 years of votes make him clearly democratic, and he's 99th in the senate in terms of personal wealth.

Best candidate hands down. Too bad too many ignorant people out there don't know the facts about Joe.

[gateley]

19. Why didn't he do better?

Money. (That's always my answer for everything :7).

I don't think most people outside of IA, NH and those of use who were into it, were paying much attention at that time, so America at large didn't really get a chance to hear what he had to say. If they had, I think he could have held on longer.

But as I said, he's still got our backs, so we're in good hands. :hi:

[CrispyQ]

36. Gately, you are so right about the money.

When I was sporting my Joe Biden for President bumper sticker, a co-worker, who has seen all my other liberal stickers, commented, "I'm surprised you're supporting a republican." :eyes: :banghead:

Love your optimism. I'm short on it.

[gateley]

40. That's FUNNY -- the republican remark! Sort of. nt

[mamalone]

27. Actually,

I'm hoping he'd get Sec of State... often VP is a position without much real control or influence, KWIM? I think he'd be an absolutely amazing Secretary of State.

I miss Joe too:(

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Me too - Joe's a good dude...

:thumbsup:

[undeterred]

5. He would have handed the debate questions right back to them.

[Muttocracy]

9. in the debates last fall he tried to steer it from the catty stuff back to issues

Something like, "look, the American people don't care about this stuff, they care about..." and he changed the subject.

Edwards raised the quality in the debates too.

[BlueIdaho]

10. Love me some Joe B. nt.

[PatSeg]

11. He truly is worthy of being missed

and never got the media recognition he deserved. I'll be missing Joe for a long time. We won't be seeing another such as him anytime soon. Perhaps one of his extraordinary children may take the stage some day.

[Debi]

12. I miss him and his whole family (and his staff)

*sigh* just had a staffer stop in and say 'hi' last week. :cry: wish we could go back six months, those were such fun times.

[JI7]

13. i hope Obama puts him somewhere in the administration

preferably VP or Sec of State

[knixphan]

14. very possible

[depakid]

17. As far as I can tell, he's still doing the Sunday shows with annoying regularity

[gateley]

20. Just when they want someone on who knows what he's talking about.

You should pay attention - you could learn something.

[depakid]

21. That's not the way I would put it...

though watching those shows is misinformative at best, so most people I know just avoid them.

[gateley]

22. All snarkiness aside,

I've learned a lot about the real situations in other countries from Biden. I really look to him to hear what he has to say about Pakistan, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and of course Iraq, because we sure as hell aren't getting the lowdown from our Government or the MSM.

[depakid]

24. I'll say one thing- he made more sense than what I've heard from the two remaining

with respect to a number of foreign policy issues.

[undeterred]

32. Amen to that.

And I guess we can be thankful that the experienced Dem Senators like Kennedy, Biden, Kerry, Dodd, and Feingold- who know something about foreign policy- will be humble enough and care enough about this country to just step in when they're needed and advise the new president, because whichever one it is will know less than they do.

[Paladin]

18. Me too. Bigtime (n/t)

[shayes51]

23. He was my second choice.

[saintandrew]

25. True

I miss Kucinich as well.

[jillan]

26. Think about Biden vs McCain.

Hehehe - Biden would kick McCain's butt

[gateley]

28. PERFECT smilie, P!

:rofl:

[rucky]

29. Still my first choice. n/t

[WheelWalker]

31. Joe lives. Joe is one of us.

[Stinky The Clown]

33. I miss Biden ...... Dodd ....... Edwards ........ Kucinich ........ Clark ......... Gore .........

.... Kerry ....... even Sharpton. I'm sure I forgot a few .... its late and I'm over 60, yanno.

We had such a rich field over the last few cycles.

[GoldieAZ49]

34. Back when we had a chance to choose a winning candidate

yeah I miss him, Edwards too

[Catchawave]

35. I'll Kick and R to that...

Joe was one of my favorites too :hi:

[Bensthename]

37. It doesnt matter. She would be smearing him too.. Hopefully he will be O's VP pick.

[Steely_Dan]

38. Missed Opportunities...

Many of us will always wonder what it might have been like to actually have a grown-up in White House.

Sad...Sad, indeed.

-P

[LWolf]

39. I miss them all.

Any of them were better than what we are stuck with today.

[Steely_Dan]

41. When...

I think of Joe Biden, his qualifications, his experience and his skills...And then I think of who we have remaining, I just shake my head. How did we go from having a lock on the General Election to now having it a horse-race? We couldn't have made it more difficult on ourselves if we tried.

-P

[WheelWalker]

42. That's what happens when the voters let the media choose our candidates. Phooey!

[ReverendDeuce]

43. Obama/Biden or Obama/Dodd '08

That's my "dream ticket"...