Checking in on the Biden Campaign: Go Joe!

Okay, faithful readers, by now you must have figured out I am a big supporter of Joe Biden for President. I have been crazy busy with school and dance performances for the Mexican Independence holiday (they went very well, thanks for asking), so I have been a bit remiss in updating you on the best prepared, most straight-talking, most thoughtful, most real candidate for the Democratic nomination. As the news media continues to focus in on the "top three" or sometimes only the "top-two" candidates, Joe continues to make the rounds to the political talk shows and Iowa campaign stops--unnoticed by most of the national population--though a recent poll of likely Florida Democratic Primary voters conducted by Inside Advantage/Majority Opinion has him as ahead of Edwards--Biden is at 9%, Edwards at 8%. Not bad for almost no organization in the state, yet.
It is up to people like me to spread help the word--to however few or many we--can about the candidate and his campaign. And, though his fund-raising goals are small by the standards of Clinton or Obama, he is meeting them. Just a couple of weeks ago Joe's team set out to raise $200,000 to keep ads on the air in Iowa. They made it and raised the goal to $250,000. They surpassed that goal, too. They have recently kicked off another effort, so if you want to contribute, please go to www.joebiden.com and pledge some green!
I have been falling to sleep each night with a few more pages of Biden's autobiography, Promises to Keep. This guy has come from behind on a shoestring before. Back in the early 1970s, he came out of nowhere to capture his Senate seat from a well-established Republican. He was only 29 years old, but turned 30 in time to be sworn into office. Way back in 1972, he was already running on a platform that included the need for affordable health care. Clinton does not have a monopoly on this issue. Trust me.
And, let's face it. Joe has a real plan for Iraq. Obama has even said he agrees with Joe, but Joe, having already worked at bringing peace to a sectarian civil war by helping to divide and salvage the populations of the former Yugoslavia, is the one who came up with the plan. He is so well-versed on so many important--critical really--issues of the day.
Check him out. This guy is the real deal. Go Joe!