Sorry I have been busy the past few days, and unable to rant much. Hopefully I can make some time moving forward.
This started off as a response to Tisha's comment about Delaware Senator Joe Biden being a dud, and it started to run into a little more, so here goes:
Biden seems to have a perpetual case of athletes foot. This man is incapable of keeping his mouth shut. On his first day as a candidate, in an off-handed way he tried to compliment Obama Barack and wound up insulting any fringe or mainstream African-American who has previously run for president in the past. I am shocked that this guy didn't just say "Gosh, I screwed this up in 1988, and you would have thought I would know how to pay a political compliment, but since I can't I am both announcing my interest in obtaining the democratic nomination for president, while also withdrawling from the race, since I am clearly incapable of controlling my own mouth. So thank you for coming" How interesting would that press conference have been?
Anywho, at 64 years old this man is so out of touch with the main stream, and so out of touch with the general voting population that I believe he has little or no chance of actually winning the nomination. So what exactly is hoping to do? Lets face the fact that Delaware, is a fine state where we have vacationed, where my cousins live and is better than New Jersey but it has only 3 electoral college votes. Too few to make any real difference in a tight race. Does he actually think that he can make a difference and win? Or is he just another political meglomaniac who's mother told him he can be anything he wants to be and now feels the needs to waste money by trying to get his message out there.
I just don't seem to understand why so many of these fringe candidates are even in the primary race to begin with. Christopher Dodd, The Senior democratic Senator from Connecticut jumped into the fray a few weeks ago. I think Dodd has done a fine job here in Connecticut, but he is poorly known outside of his own state, and not know outside of the northeast. It was reported over the weekend that Dodd has raised, wait for it....a whopping $4.9 Million dollars. That is a (joke) drop in the bucket of what is expected to cost the eventual 2008 winner closer to $100 Million.
Do these fringe candidates actually believe they have a chance to win in 2008? Are they looking to gain some influence at the convention? Do they want what could be the easiest job in the country, the vice-president? I don't understand. I still believe that the current front-runners, won't be leading the pack this time next year when we actually (or at least if you live in Iowa or New Hampshire) start voting. The ultimate candidate from one or both parties probably is sitting in the back row, watching the early birds begin to beat the living snot out of each other, taking notes and waiting for the right time to actually join the fray.
But hey, maybe it is just me.
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