Today I will be starting a new series on the 2008 Presidential hopefulls. I will give background info, their stances on the issues and my personal opinion of them.
The first Presidential Hopefull I will do is Delaware Senator, Joe Biden. Biden has served in the Senate since 1973 and is the Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and has been the Chair of the Judiciary Committee in the past. Biden made a run in 1988, but was forced to leave the race before the first primary, because of several mistakes most notably plagiarizing a speech from the then leader of the British Labor party Neil Kinnock.
Biden on the issues:
Iraq: Against spliting country, share oil revenues between the three different groups, greter international involvement including Iran, and Draw down US forces to about 20,000.
Afghanistan: Greater US involvement, inculding a possible troop increase and greater economic aid.
Energy: Increase fule efficiency, and increase use of biodiesel and ethonal.
Health Care: Modernize the system, by switching to electronic records, thus speeding up the system.
Higher Education: Increase tuition tax deduction, expand Pell grants, and expand national service programs.
Homeland Security: Take away tax cuts from wealthy to provide greater funding for Homeland Security. The funds will goto: screaning ships, protect chemical facilities, air cargo screaning, expand FBI and local law enforcement, and create local anti-terorism units.
Crime: Restore greater funding to local and state law enforcement.
Golbal Warming: Invest in technology to reduce emisions, and reduce trade from contries who are not improving.
Biden showed why he will likely never be President last week. On the day he announced, he made some stupid comments about fellow Democrat Barack Obama, that compleatly overshadowed him entering the race. Before his Obama comments, he had been gaining slightly, but now any slim chance he had has now gone up in smoke. I will not be supporting Biden in the Primary, and would consider the Republican in the General.
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