David Yepsen Predicts Biden Will Be In Iowa’s Top Three

David Yepsen Predicts Biden Will Be In Iowa’s Top Three
October 14th, 2007 by Erin Medlicott
Oct. 14: This morning on NBC’s “The Chris Matthews Show,” during the “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” portion, panel member David Yepsen said “I think Joe Biden will compete for third in Iowa,” knocking John Edwards out of the Top Three.

David Yepsen is a highly respected newsman and chief political correspondent for The Des Moines Register.

Will post video and transcript as soon as I get it.

:woohoo:

It was the 'tell me something I don't know' part of the show.

in Ga. I could vote for my dog and it would matter just as much.

actually considering him and it could snowball from there. Please God!

You and your dog will do what's best when the time comes!

My dog "Napoleon" doesn't talk, doesn't write, and doesn't fight with anyone. If we could have Shrub stop doing those 3 things, we'd be FAR ahead of where we are now!

Great news!:toast:

Any hard data that he has to support the notion that the guy that's been leading many of the polls in Iowa would slip to fourth or worse? Does he really read the National Enquirer that much and project that on to other people?

It would be reflected in corporate donations.

I think a more relevant graph would be what proportion of his donations for his regular senate campaigns come from banks vs. other senators campaigns. I think this just reflects the overall percentage of what each of the candidates are getting in general for the presidential campaign. It doesn't say a lot whether banks favor one over the other or not. Just that they are putting their money on a likely "winning horse".

that is conveniently overlooked:

"This bill not only lifts the stay on support payments during bankruptcy, but it adds that, when a wife-beater files for bankruptcy, a domestic violence restraining order against him must remain in effect. It cannot be stayed. And the woman who needs a restraining order against him can still get one.

I have here an order from a family court in my home state of Delaware. A woman went to the court and requested a restraining order against her abuser, who had already filed for bankruptcy. Incredibly, the judge found, under the current Bankruptcy Code, that a proceeding for a domestic abuse restraining order is automatically stayed “by operation of law.” Joe Biden, March 2005

Maybe he isn't as corporate friendly as a lot people would like to believe.

http://biden.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=234426&&

"There may be other aspects of this legislation that we can debate: the balance between creditors and debtors, between different kinds of creditors, or between different kinds of debtors. But on the question of child support and alimony, there should be no dispute.

Because this bill strengthens the collection of alimony. Period." Joe Biden, March 10, 2005

They love him in Iowa.
Someone I know in Iowa said if the election was held today Edwards would win Iowa.

we don't know what events will occur in the upcoming months, or what irretrievable mistakes any candidate might make. As always there will be surprises.

obama guy, I think Biden's going to get cross-overs from all the other candidates' current supporters... not just yours

:toast:

I doubt it will be Obama. And Edwards is their favorite.
And Hillary is doing well there too.

I see Edwards, Hillary and Biden in the top three. Which is my top three as well...providing nothing drastic happens in the meantime. :)

People are not going to make up their minds for a while. Once Joe gets beyond a certain threshhold, more people will jump on because he's a lot of people's 2nd choice right now and he's going to shoot into the top 3 in the last 1-2 months. Plus more people will start watching the debates where Biden completely dominates, IMHO. The new Joe-mentum, baby!

Many of them still aren't even close to making up their minds. The rest of the world isn't like DU.

Restore the goodness of the tarnished name "Joe"

SO i understand why he has so much campaigning time.

Biden's proposal would keep Iraq together as a loose federation, which is better than having the country disintegrate into sectarian and ethnic cantons, which is the way it is headed.

Biden's proposal would bring our troops home quickly. OTOH, candidates like Hillary and Obama have publicly said they will still have combat troops in Iraq by 2012. This is unacceptable!

Biden is my #2 choice right now...

by calling it the word that ends with "omentum"