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Biden gets campaign going for 2008 race
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| Contributor | particleman |
| Last Edited | particleman Aug 17, 2006 12:04pm |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
| News Date | Thursday, August 17, 2006 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden said Wednesday that his failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination nearly 20 years ago has forced him to declare his candidacy clearly for 2008.
"I'm the only candidate who has straightforwardly said for a year that I'm running," Biden said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I haven't danced around. The point is, because I dropped out 20 years ago, there is the question: Is Biden serious? Is he really going to stay? The proof of the pudding is the eating."
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As for running again, he said, "The Christmas after the last election, we had a family meeting and my wife signed on, actually suggested it." Biden is in the middle of his first visit to Iowa in this election cycle, months after many other prospective candidates began their visits.
He said he first started campaigning in traditionally Republican states, largely in the South. "I wanted to make sure that the message would sell across the country," he said. "The reason was that I concluded if the message can't sell in those states, then I can't govern because the next president of the United States is going to have to be competitive in at least a dozen red states ... because everything I care about requires a consensus. |
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