Former campaign director for Robert Kennedy praises Biden in Op-ed

Biden is no prepackaged politician

He makes the 80-minute train trip on the Metroliner from his home in Wilmington to Washington — and back again — almost every day. After 34 years in the Senate, you can be sure the train crew knows Biden and he knows them. Every Christmas to show his appreciation, Biden gives a holiday dinner for these Amtrak employees. A liberal who actually likes people!...

....By my lights, Joe Biden was wrong in voting to give George W. Bush the authority to invade and occupy Iraq. He has been since one of the strongest and most consistent critics of the Bush policy, especially of its lack of planning, too few troops for the mission and defective intelligence. He still has the best teeth in politics, a quick wit and a streak of candor.

Why did he end the reporters’ session some 20 minutes early? To get back to a Senate vote on making it easier for unions to sign up workers, he admitted, because organized labor — which matters to him and his campaign — wanted him to.

A recurring, and mostly deserved, slam on political candidates is that they are too rehearsed, too programmed, too given to parroting their talking points. Not so Joe Biden — he is not pre-packaged.


reaad entire op-ed at
http://www.thecitizen.com/node/18024

:applause:

Perfect description and completely accurate! Wish I had thought of it.

Tom Carper (our other senator and a "D") and Mike Castle (our lone representative and a pretty moderate-liberal "R") travel with Biden on Amtrak

Hopefully more people will start to notice!