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New Hampshire Travel Watch
Thanks to an astute reader, we can add former North Carolina senator John Edwards (D) to the list of politicians visiting New Hampshire in October. Edwards will be in the state on Oct. 21, visiting Dartmouth College. The visit is part of a 10-college tour by Edwards to promote "Project Opportunity" -- a new initiative to encourage young people to get involved in the fight against poverty.
Today Edwards is in New York City to speak at a Service Employees International Union event with Democratic mayoral nominee Freddy Ferrer. Tomorrow he will travel to New Jersey to rake in cash for state assembly candidates in Newark.
Posted on Oct. 10:
Showing that he is getting more serious about a run for the Democratic presidential nomination, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden will head to New Hampshire later this month to address (and raise money for) the New Hampshire Building & Construction Trades Council.
Biden will be in the Granite State for the event the week of Oct. 24; he will be accompanied at the fundraiser by Manchester Mayor Bob Baines. Earlier in the week, Biden will be in Kentucky (Oct. 22) to headline a fundraiser for the state's Democratic party.
Biden has taken other steps toward a 2008 bid, including forming a leadership PAC -- Unite Our States. If the Delaware senator announces his candidacy, it would mark his second bid for the party's presidential nomination. His first attempt in 1988 ended before a single vote was cast after allegations of plagiarism came to light.
Biden joins three of his Senate colleagues who are making the trek to New Hampshire this month. Tomorrow Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback (R) will be in Manchester for a town hall sponsored by St. Anselm College. Then on Saturday, Virginia Sen. George Allen (R) visits the city of Stratham for a reception. Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh (D) keynotes the New Hampshire Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Manchester on the 29th.
Are there other upcoming visits I'm missing? If so, drop the information in the comments section or shoot me an e-mail.
By Chris Cillizza |
October 11, 2005; 12:04 PM ET
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Posted by: Dublin Flats | March 22, 2006 9:51 AM
Taking back in Senate in '06 and balancing the House are worthy goals. Bush was the man for his time in 2000 in that he was able to unite all the fractious interests in the party together. Hopefully Biden will be able to fulfill that role for Democrats in '08. Pulling out of Iraq may be the option that feels best to the American people, but the fact is most Americans supported the invasion and now it's our responsibility to fix it. Democrats like Carl Levin (see his op-ed from earlier in the week) and Joe Biden have offered realistic, responsible actions on the issue. Withdraw that leads to a war in the Middle East and/or gasoline prices through the roof is not in the interests of the US.
Posted by: Frank | October 11, 2005 10:29 PM
I agree with Big Dave's post. The Democrats have to be FOR something not against everything. The Republicans are sucessful because they all sing from the same hymnal (no pun inteded) and they stick to their core beliefs even with a disastrous President, like Bush, as their leader. I just hope and pray that the tribal infighting that is bound to happen when the nomination draws near doesn't put the Democratic Party in further disarray and present a disorganized front to the undecided voters. But first let's take back the Senate in 06 and bring a little more balance to the House. Then we take care of the Presidency.
Posted by: Tom in NH | October 11, 2005 4:48 PM
If Biden or any other Democrat is serious about getting elected, he or she should postulate a plan about getting our troops out of Iraq within the next year. If not, they will joint the "Me-too" Republicans in not allowing the electorate a clear choice on Foreign Policy. It might also be wise for the Democrats to concentrate on a plan for repairing the frayed infra-structure of the US; propound a national health care plan, take the "No Child Left Behind Plan," out of its currently supine soon to be moribund state. It would also be wise when referring to Newt Gingrich,to remind voters that he was opposed to Bill Clinton's creative initiative on "National Health Care" telling the former president that if the program were passed under a Democrative administration, the Republicans wouldn't recover for three terms. Source of that comment is Clinton's book, "My Life." Surely most folks realize that Bush and his ilk have made a sorry mess of virtually everything during the last six tortuous years, but the electorate is not going to vote the Democrats in for name calling, but for constructive proposals that will improve our position, nationally and internationally.
Posted by: Big Dave | October 11, 2005 3:21 PM
Try Bill Richardson, governor of NM. I understand he's been looking at NH
Posted by: B Weinbaum | October 11, 2005 1:02 PM
Lord help us all if Joe Biden and George Allen are the nominees in 2008.
Posted by: chicago | October 11, 2005 12:08 PM
Not interested in Biden if his main focus isn't the internal USofA. Enough of Iraq, bring the soldiers home now!
Posted by: robert gravenor | October 11, 2005 11:31 AM
If Sen. Biden is serious about running for president he had better stop advocating the sending of more troops to Iraq.
Posted by: norman | October 11, 2005 8:46 AM
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