Sen. Biden on Real Time with Bill Maher

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Last night we were treated by Sen. Joe Biden as a panel guest on Bill Maher's HBO Friday night show. Sen. Biden did a great job and showed why he should be seriously considered as a viable candidate for President in 2008. His clear thinking matched with no-nonsense solutions for the Iraq War gave me hope that there is a better way if we can just get new leadership. Benn Afflack was there too and fed Sen. Biden an opportunity to air his views to a large audience of similarly disposed, politically aligned and eager to see change in the White House, citizens. There was an after show video clip which brought some necessary light to the issue of Illegal immigrants that was worth watching. Go to the HBO web site and click on the post show interview on the bottom left of the page. Transcripts of the show may be available in a few days.

Sen. Biden's ideas on Iraq was that President Bush needed to make less speeches and instead needed to hold a summit with leaders in the region and tell them Civil War was not in anyone's interest. That it was in their own interest to help Iraq build a peaceful government and if they didn't, the U.S. would leave Iraq by a certain date. He said that Iran, Turkey and other nations have no interest if this fails, as the violence would spill over into their countries as well, and they have a chance to stop this here and now. Presidential Leadership is the necessary ingredient and we are lacking for such a leader now with President Bush.