Update on Trip to Iowa ..........

We had a great trip to Iowa this week.

I am more convinced than ever that our friend, Joe Biden, will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. He is simply the most prepared to be the President and has an unparalleled ability to connect with voters.

On a day when most of our opponents in both parties were obsessing (Hillary) about their fundraising fortunes, or keeping them a secret (obama) to WOW us, perhaps .... Joe Biden was working the corridors of the Iowa State House and the living rooms of rural activists.

On the most beautiful sun-lit porch you've ever seen in Cumming, Iowa, Senator Biden lit into the Bush-Cheney Iraq policy with Keith Olbermann on Countdown on MSNBC. Inside, the assembled caucus-goers applauded while watching on TV, before Senator Biden came in to answer their questions with his trademark candor and attention to detail.

The next day, Senator Biden spoke at Drake University Law School in Des Moines to a packed house of students, faculty and local activists. The speech, an intellectual tour-de-force, of the Bush Administration's abuse of constitutional power and American civil liberties, served as a catalyst to sign-up numerous new supporters. While others get the gossip column vote, Senator Biden is locking up hard support. Here is the coverage from the Des Moines register.

Undoubtedly, the most poignant moment of the trip came at the end of the question and answer session after the speech. With the typical scene of the Senator insisting on taking virtually every last question and his aides (me included) begging for him to end, Joe called on a middle-aged man who had waited patiently to be called on in this crowd of graduate students.

"My son," the man explained, "was killed in Iraq. Can we ever achieve an outcome which justifies his sacrifice," the man asked.

"Yes," Senator Biden replied. And, for the next fifteen minutes, Joe explained how he would solve the Iraq crisis so it wouldn't leave chaos in its wake.

In the reception afterward, this heroic father stood with his other son, the twin brother of the fallen soldier, waiting to meet Joe and get his picture taken. He wore a Biden for President sticker.

I guess that's what the press calls taking too long.

As many of you know, this week we also launched our new web domain, HeadToHead08.com. Using publicly available video from You Tube, we created a web site to compare the candidate's views on Iraq.

Of course, one video cannot capture the depth of the experience or knowledge any candidate brings to the table. But, it is our hope that Head to Head '08 will help begin a dialogue on the issues among the candidates, particularly the most important issue of our time, ending the war in Iraq.

It's been a great week so far and I can report without equivocation that Iowa is wide open in every respect.

See you on the trail!

Larry Rasky
Communications Director
Biden for President


Frankly, I'm so FUCKING sick of the bragging about war chests ... what does this DO for the American people? Get behind someone suspect because someone with deep pockets likes them? So, what then? The deep pockets person controls them. Can't the American people LEARN that the candidate with their best interests in mind is THE candidate for the greater good?
Obama already tried to smear Joe Biden over a simple comment and tried to color it like Biden was biased. Get real. I wrote his campaign and told them to KNOCK IT OFF. That, alone is a sign that Obama's goal is NOT to unite the Democrats. And, that is exactly what I told him.

Such bullshit this age of apologia for saying the 'wrong' thing.

Except for Newt. Newt needs to just shut the hell up.

Take a look at Joe Biden. He managed to catch my eye and I can't stand candidates normally. I definitely like he and John Edwards. There is definitely a big money fear factor towards these two men as they have both been attacked in the MainStreamMedia just as Howard Dean was. That says it all.

Give him a look. See how he measures up. I think he will be the Democratic nominee when it comes down to it .......


Head to Head 08