Give this one to Joe Biden

[PatSeg]

You can award Thursday’s debate among the Democratic presidential candidates to the second-tier candidates, especially Joe Biden.

Biden, Chris Dodd and Bill Richardson turned in some of their best debate performances of the 2008 campaign and were the day’s biggest gainers. Biden’s showing was the best of the day.

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As for Biden, how can you lose when everybody else on the stage is praising your record on civil rights, literally applauds you, and the front-runner offers testimony on your behalf? You can’t. And unlike some of his past debate performances in which he seemed strident or comical, Biden was cool, commanding and presidential in this one.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?...

[1corona4u]

1. It's on the board already...2 times, LOL...

Oh well...

[PatSeg]

6. Oh well

Better too much than not enough!

[AX10]

2. I wish he could be further up in the polls.

He is without reservation, my first choice.

[Steely_Dan]

3. I Don't Mind Reading It Again...Thanks n/t

[lvx35]

4. Biden's popularity will rise the more he gets out there.

He has the capacity to come across as a prick on first glance, but when you really get to hear what he is about he's seriously got a lot to offer.

[AX10]

8. He's got to get higher in the polls.

Iowa is only weeks away.

[PatSeg]

10. Remember 2003

NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2003

CHOICE FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
(Democratic primary voters)

Now
Howard Dean
23%
Wesley Clark
10%
Joe Lieberman
10%
Richard Gephardt
6%
Al Sharpton
5%
John Kerry
4%
John Edwards
2%
Carol Moseley-Braun
1%

[AX10]

12. 4% is about where Joe is right now.

Kerry was there four years back.

[PatSeg]

13. Exactly!

Iowa doesn't care about "no stinkin' polls" and they don't pay much mind to the MSM.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

26. always interesting to see those old polls

[PatSeg]

28. How soon we forget

Of course, the pundits always forget.

[lvx35]

21. If he has a chance to back away from foreign policy and showcase the rest of his vision, he should

take it. The Joe Biden brand in my name is tied way too much to foreign policy...He needs to share the rest of his domestic vision, which is more where the appeal has been for me.

[PatSeg]

9. He definitely comes across as a "prick" if

you're Rudy!!! Or Dick Cheney!!!

[lvx35]

16. Well he IS a prick if you're rudy!

But that's not what he is to the average person at all.

[PatSeg]

18. No he isn't

but I'd hate to be Rudy these days. I don't think Rudy will get the nomination because of all the bad press, but damn, I'd love to see Biden take him on in a debate.

[1corona4u]

17. LOL...

[gateley]

5. I liked reading it again, too! nt

[PatSeg]

7. A little De javu?

I wasn't sure if it had been posted. I'm in a blurry state right now.

[gateley]

11. Other people will get a chance to see it if they're interested -- threads disappear

so FAST! Consider it a public service!

[PatSeg]

14. That's right

In case you missed it the first time!

[WheelWalker]

15. I agree with you. We're on full automatic, firing full metal jacket.

[PatSeg]

19. You say the funniest things!

[WheelWalker]

20. Thank you very much. I tell my clients, "If you can't laugh with me

when I fuck up your case, you've got no business doing business with me." Actually, I have very little talent for anything. My writers, the Irony sisters, are responsible for all my material.

[PatSeg]

22. We have a lot in common

I also have very little talent for anything, but somehow I feel I must serve some purpose, though I'm still not sure what that is.

[1corona4u]

24. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH hahahahahahaha....

the Irony sisters.....too funny..

[PatSeg]

25. He certainly has a way with words!

Always makes you think, which is a good thing.

[Maven]

23. Biden won the debate, hands-down. nt

[WheelWalker]

27. k&r