Biden Kicks Ass

Today Joe Biden attacked the Iraq policy at a Council of Foreign Relations lunch - this guy is sooo kick-ass, even though he did a weird support/disagree-thing with Murtha's position [Go PA] - which is actually pretty cool too, and here's why:

First off, Biden rocks....I want a Clinton/Biden dream team in 2008 [read: never going to happen, but I can dream].

Secondly (and to my point) - I think that Murtha is right! Get the hell out of Iraq, everytime I hear "Stay the course", in my head I hear John Kerry saying "How do you ask a man to be the last mane to die for a mistake". Krugman wrote a great column this week - totally on point - entitled "Murtha's Right" - which I would totally link to, except NYT is shady and charges money for Krugman these days. Anyway - his bottom line argument was - hey - this shit isn't going to get better. Nobody is really (this analysis only takes into account non-idealogues) contending that Iraq is going to 'turn a magic corner' and the U.S. mission will get easier or get done. So if you have to decide between (a) losing in Iraq & pulling out or (b) losing in Iraq & losing the U.S. Army - you choose option (a). Because it's the only rational choice.

But, putting that aside, Biden is being a damn cool character - supporting Murtha, but distancing himself from his 'media circus position' - hopefully he is tapping into mainstream America on this one......Biden is such a uniter, although I guess that's not very presidential......


In retrospect, I guess this post title should have been - "Murtha Kicks Ass (as supported by Paul Krugman) & Joe Biden is cool too" - Oh well.