Senator Joe Biden (D-MBNA) has once again decided he is Presidential material and is going to start yet another “exploratory committee” with a view to running for the White House.

NEW YORK - Democratic Sen. Joe Biden, who has made no secret of his plans to run for president in 2008, says he'll make it official next Wednesday. The 64-year-old Delaware lawmaker said he will file paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and launch a campaign Web site, http://www.joebiden.com

It’s true Mr Biden looks Presidential; he’s spent a small fortune on having his teeth capped, works assiduously on his tan, and is an honor graduate of the Hair Club For Men. And, truth be told, since the Democratic Party got a vote of confidence from the electorate last November, he’s actually spoken up in support of Democracy.

It seems he’s also had a spine transplant and some form of testicular treatment or surgery. He’s been seen thoughtfully tucking a straight razor into his pocket before going on the Sunday morning talking head shows. One of his better comments was when a bobble head host confronted him with a quote from Dick “dick” Cheney parroting the standard Bu$hCo Bu$hit that anyone daring to question their plans to destroy all Arab countries is a terrorist loving traitor. Senator Biden replied that he pays no attention to anything Mr Cheney says because he’s been wrong about everything. “Why would I pay attention to him? He has no credibility.”

Generally regarded as a longshot in the presidential contest, Biden is one of his party's leading spokesmen on foreign affairs and plans to stress that expertise on the campaign trail. Biden voted in 2002 to authorize military intervention in Iraq, but has since become a vociferous critic of the conflict.

Biden has also criticized President Bush's plan to deploy an additional 21,500 troops to try and stabilize Iraq's capital city, Baghdad. On Wednesday, the Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution he co-authored with Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., stating that sending more troops into Iraq is "not in the national interest."

If you want to lead, Senator, you have to be a leader. It’s time to cut off funds for Mr Bu$h’s little ego-war. Americans want the troops to come home. Now.

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