Biden in '08

With Guiliani's seeming melt-down and McCain suggesting that he'd only serve one term, I'd seriously consider sending the Biden campaign a few bucks (if I hadn't of lost my Lions bet).

In an election that's would seem to be mostly about our future foreign policy, I can't imagine why he's done so poorly.

From CNN's "PoliticalTicker":

Biden highlights Clinton Pakistan gaffe

(CNN) - Democrat Joe Biden suggested Tuesday that presidential rival Hillary Clinton doesn't adequately understand recent events in Pakistan.

The Delaware senator was responding to news that Clinton suggested in two recent interviews that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is up for reelection this month.

Musharraf was actually reelected in October, and the upcoming Pakistani elections are parliamentary, not presidential.

"We have a number of candidates who are well-intentioned but don't understand Pakistan," Biden said at a campaign event Tuesday. "One of the leading candidates - God love her."

"There are good people running," continued the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who has made his foreign policy credentials a centerpiece of his long shot presidential bid. "But to say Musharraf is up for election! Musharraf was elected - fairly or unfairly - president six months ago. It's about a parliamentary election!"

Clinton's comments came in an interview with ABC Sunday, in which she said, [Musharraf] could be the only person on the ballot. I don't think that's a real election."

The New York senator also made similar comments during an interview withCNN's Wolf Blitzer last week, saying then, "If President Musharraf wishes to stand for election, then he should abide by the same rules that every other candidate will have to follow."

Of course, the Clinton people do their usual spinning:

The Clinton campaign has not yet returned a request for comment on Biden's comments, but said yesterday the New York Democrat was referring to Musharraf's
party, not himself in particular.

Full Article at: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/02/biden-highlights-clinton-pakistan-gaffe/