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Biden talks Iraq, primaries, nominees
By MARK HAYWARD
Union Leader Staff
MANCHESTER — Sen. Joe Biden said Democrats received commitments from Senate leaders yesterday that the Senate Intelligence Committee will be able to examine intelligence matters involving the decision to attack Iraq.
The Delaware Democrat said the promises were made during the unexpected closed-door session that Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid forced on the Senate yesterday.
“They will go back now to the Intelligence Committee. ... So maybe we’ll get to the bottom of some of this now,” he said.
He spoke to reporters yesterday before a rally hosted by the New Hampshire building trades unions for Mayor Robert Baines.
Biden, who has presidential aspirations, drew about 125 guests to the event, held just one week before the city election.
He said it would be a mistake for New Hampshire to lose its first-in-the-nation primary slot. He said he would not automatically support sandwiching caucuses between the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary.
“It depends on who they pick and how, and whether or not New Hampshire buys into the process,” Biden said.
Biden addressed the crowd with a rousing, fist-clenching political speech. Biden said he’s been visiting states, trying to determine if anyone wants him to run for president.
“I’m not ready to ask for anybody’s help up here,” Biden said during his speech.
Biden said he will vote against Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito if he does not answer questions in Judiciary Committee hearings.
He said it is time to “end the fiction” that a judicial nominee should not discuss his views of the Constitution or the methodology used to rule on cases.
A nominee should have to answer whether a medical patient hooked up to a life-sustaining machine has the ability to demand he be disconnected, Biden said.
Biden campaigned in the New Hamsphire presidential primary in 1988, but bowed out early. He has visited the state since then, but said several times last night he’s been away for 18 years.
He told the heavily Democratic crowd that Democrats have become elitist. He noted that some Democrats have questioned why he wears an American flag on his lapel.
“We’ve become disconnected from where we grew up,” Biden said. “The Republicans, because of our distance, they have convinced a lot of people we ain’t one of them.”
No
ing shit. Really? You think treating voters and the general public as dupes, fools and ignorant hicks make you elitest? Say it ain't so Joe!
He said Republicans and neoconservatives are “very, very bright people” who have not altered their ideological direction.
“They mean to change this country,” he said.
In his remarks, Baines said he has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with unions for his six years as mayor. He said education, neighborhoods and senior services have improved under him.
And he lauded Manchester’s designation by America’s Promise as one of the top cities to raise children.
“That’s what it’s all about,” he said.
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By MARK HAYWARD
Union Leader Staff
MANCHESTER — Sen. Joe Biden said Democrats received commitments from Senate leaders yesterday that the Senate Intelligence Committee will be able to examine intelligence matters involving the decision to attack Iraq.
The Delaware Democrat said the promises were made during the unexpected closed-door session that Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid forced on the Senate yesterday.
“They will go back now to the Intelligence Committee. ... So maybe we’ll get to the bottom of some of this now,” he said.
He spoke to reporters yesterday before a rally hosted by the New Hampshire building trades unions for Mayor Robert Baines.
Biden, who has presidential aspirations, drew about 125 guests to the event, held just one week before the city election.
He said it would be a mistake for New Hampshire to lose its first-in-the-nation primary slot. He said he would not automatically support sandwiching caucuses between the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary.
“It depends on who they pick and how, and whether or not New Hampshire buys into the process,” Biden said.
Biden addressed the crowd with a rousing, fist-clenching political speech. Biden said he’s been visiting states, trying to determine if anyone wants him to run for president.
“I’m not ready to ask for anybody’s help up here,” Biden said during his speech.
Biden said he will vote against Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito if he does not answer questions in Judiciary Committee hearings.
He said it is time to “end the fiction” that a judicial nominee should not discuss his views of the Constitution or the methodology used to rule on cases.
A nominee should have to answer whether a medical patient hooked up to a life-sustaining machine has the ability to demand he be disconnected, Biden said.
Biden campaigned in the New Hamsphire presidential primary in 1988, but bowed out early. He has visited the state since then, but said several times last night he’s been away for 18 years.
He told the heavily Democratic crowd that Democrats have become elitist. He noted that some Democrats have questioned why he wears an American flag on his lapel.
“We’ve become disconnected from where we grew up,” Biden said. “The Republicans, because of our distance, they have convinced a lot of people we ain’t one of them.”
No
ing shit. Really? You think treating voters and the general public as dupes, fools and ignorant hicks make you elitest? Say it ain't so Joe! He said Republicans and neoconservatives are “very, very bright people” who have not altered their ideological direction.
“They mean to change this country,” he said.
In his remarks, Baines said he has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with unions for his six years as mayor. He said education, neighborhoods and senior services have improved under him.
And he lauded Manchester’s designation by America’s Promise as one of the top cities to raise children.
“That’s what it’s all about,” he said.
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