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Updated: March 3, 2003
JOE-4-PREZ
Will he or won’t he? Before he was
re-elected last year, Joe Biden wasn't
saying “yes” and he wasn't saying “no” about whether he intends to
run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004. Now he says
he's "considering" it. As for any
signs of what he'll do, well, they go both ways.
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SIGN |
YES |
NO |
MEANING |
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Travel to Iowa/New Hampshire |
X |
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Sporadic, but no travel here
ever should be ignored |
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Senate Foreign Relations
Committee |
X |
|
Gotta punch that international
player ticket |
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Campaign contributions |
|
X |
It takes big bucks to run, and
Joe’s not collecting |
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National campaign appearances |
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X |
Not really. He didn't do much in
2002 toward collecting chits, although the week before the
election he managed a half-day in Florida, that key presidential
state. He's more likely to be globe-trotting, hobnobbing with
Kurds |
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Campaign organization |
|
X |
Other candidates are grabbing up the best
operatives in the country. Not Joe |
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Talk shows |
X |
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He's been on Chris Matthews'
"Hardball College Tour," "Imus in the Morning" and NBC's "Today"
show, and they treat him like an expert on foreign policy |
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The Great Mention |
X |
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The pundits and press have to speak your name to
make you a player. Biden is on everybody's long list, after you
get beyond Lieberman and Kerry and Edwards and that crowd |
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