In long shot 2008 presidential bid, Biden touts value of experience

[Herman Munster]

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/12/26/news/politics/122506145414.txt

NEW YORK (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Joe Biden wants you to know he is running for president. Definitely. Unequivocally. Absolutely.

"I'm the only guy who will tell you honestly what I'm doing. The others won't tell you, but I will," Biden said, wrapping up a fundraising trip to New York before heading to New Hampshire, his ninth visit in just over a year. He's also campaigned extensively through other early voting states, spending 17 days in Iowa, nine in South Carolina, and four in Nevada.

In a potentially crowded Democratic field dominated by New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama -- neither of whom has formally entered the race -- a Biden candidacy seems a bit of an anachronism.


But the 64-year-old Delaware lawmaker insists there's never been a better time for him to run.

"Frankly, I think I'm more qualified than other candidates, and the issues facing the American public are all in my wheelbarrow," Biden said. "I know I want to be president, I know what I believe and my message is important."

[DainBramaged]

1. He just wants some extra money for retirement, that's all.

[Erika]

2. As he sold Anita Hill down the river

I have NO use for the man.