Reply #32: Here's what Biden said on Sunday [View All]

in a Sunday interview:

He said he would vote for Rice to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state because "she's an honorable person" and a president "gets the chance to pick the person who he thinks will implement his policies."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1176704

Who knows? Maybe he even believes it, though it's hard for me to see how. Let's see what he does with the Gonzales vote. In tha same article he said he was "leaning against" confirming Gonzales, which is encouraging at the same time it is infuriating -- how can one merely LEAN AGAINST the corrupt torture enabler for the top legal position in the country? Judging by the narrow party-line vote in the Judiciary Committee today, many who voted for Rice will vote against Gonzales.

It's possible some of the people voting for Rice are signalling that they think Gonzales is even worse. They know that despite their votes, the Repub majority will confirm both and so they may be picking a single fight to make this point. (I can't agree with this reasoning, if it is true, but it might go a bit more toward explaining some of the Rice votes.)