Listen to him in Corydon, Iowa:
Political Insider points out the complaint that the commenter made to my blog:
"Two months ago, Joe Biden started talking about the risks of Pakistan collapsing -- and he kept talking about the issue even after Pakistan left the front page news. Now Pakistan blows up and political reporters talk about how the news might benefit ... John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton.
Biden will be holding a news conference on Pakistan later today [12/27/07], it could be his last opportunity to get back into the race. The conventional wisdom is that political reporting is in an endless feedback loop ... Biden gets no news coverage because he talks about arcane issues like Pakistan ... he polls poorly because he gets no news coverage ... he isn't mentioned in stories about Pakistan when it becomes news because he polls poorly.
Is this any way to pick a President?"
No, and if the election were only about foreign relations, Senator Biden and Bill Richardson would no doubt poll better. But as the late Tip O'Neill famously said, "all politics is local" and unless voters can understand why what happens in Pakistan or elsewhere matters to them, they categorically tune it out.
Ask the Kurds, the Darfur refugees, the AIDS victims in Africa, and so on.
To my point, Joe Biden is a decent and smart man and will likely be called upon by the next administration in some capacity (Secretary of Defense or State)--but he has not made his case to be president resonate with voters.
So to my dear commenter, feel free to call me irresponsible, but remember it is your candidate who has failed to make his case.
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