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The field expanded yet again today with an announcement from Joe Biden of his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2008.  Biden, the “800th candidate,”  announced his candidacy this afternoon.  He didn’t join the field of candidates without throwing punches, criticizing the policies of the two current front runners, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.  “Biden Unbound,” an article published in yesterday’s New York Observer lays out Biden’s tirade.  All of the other candidates, claim Biden, are “playing politics.”  While some were quick to criticize Biden and his attack against the other Democratic candidates, some groups applaud his candidacy.  Real Clear Politics claims that

Biden deserves more than an occasional cameo next to Democratic headliners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Biden is a foreign-policy sophisticate at a time when Iraq and terrorism are the national obsessions.

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Put Biden in the Front Row

Biden aimed to contradict the “sound-bite” strategy of his rivals by giving them “straight answers.”  His comments today, however, were treated as just that.  The most repeated quote of the day seems to be Biden’s seemingly racist comments about Barack Obama

“You got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” Mr. Biden said in an interview published online yesterday by the New York Observer. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”

Biden Ignites Furor With Remark on Obama - February 1, 2007 - The New York Sun

Biden claims he would prefer a plan in which there is a “political settlement between the Sunnis and the Shias.  We ought to bring all the parties together…There is no military solution to Iraq.”  Biden has drawn harsh criticism from both sides of the spectrum but Real Clear Politics finds him worthty yet again.

A Democratic candidate who has the most promising plan for getting us out of Iraq — and tried to avoid many of the mistakes going in — should not be looked at askance. Joe Biden is worldly wise, and for that he merits a spot on the first tier.

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Put Biden in the Front Row

It will be interesting to see if their prediction does, in fact, come true.  At the moment, Biden’s running a distant third.  His comments today may have boosted his notoriety, but is the press for the better?

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