Biden

Senator Biden recently was on CNN’s Late Edition where he stated that the Iraqi government would change, not because of the next president, but the “reality on the ground will change the politics in Iraq.
Earlier this year, Biden made a promise to Obama and Clinton saying that he will remain neutral between the two candidates. He told them he will not side with either one and has kept that promise true throughout the year and will for the time to come. I was reading another article which stated that Biden talks to the two candidates on a weekly basis. I thought that was very interesting. It is easy to think that the candidates are so competitive; they either would not have time to talk to each other, or would not want to talk to another. Biden seems like a very good Senator by getting a sense of what is going on in both Obama’s and Clinton’s life, the presidency, and the election. Biden has also repeated that he believes the primaries will be the ultimate decider on who is elected president, not the super delegates (Biden being one of them).
Biden has claimed that he believes the “troop buildup” in Iraq is a failure. Biden commented on the current situation in Iraq: "The purpose of the surge was to bring violence in Iraq down so that its leaders could come together politically…Violence has come down, but the Iraqis have not come together."
Biden is Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and said last week that the President finally admitted that he will continue the Iraq War right up to the day he leaves office to let the next President decide when to end the war. Senator Biden is an outspoken critic of the war and is doing his best to try to force President Bush to end it before he leaves office. He believes that President Bush is advancing new initiatives in Iraq that have the sole purpose of forcing the next President to continue what Senator believes “is a failed policy”.
Senator Biden is concerned that President Bush will create some sort of binding agreement that the US will protect Iraq if it is attacked by any country or group. Senator is particularly concerned what the definition of a group is.
The most interesting thing I learned last week was Senator Biden bill he calls the “Second Chance Act”. This new law was signed by President Bush on April 9, 2008 which gives Felons opportunities to obtain work back in society. The new bill will provide “job training, literacy training, substance-abuse treatment, counseling, education, housing and mentoring services upon release.” Biden feels most felons go back to prison simply because they have not been trained to earn a living in our society.
I believe we have the highest percentage of our citizens in prison and on parole than any country in the world. One out of every 29 adult citizens in our country is a convicted felon. This statistic alone should prove something is wrong about the US sending so many of our citizens to prison. Biden is at least doing something to help which is more than most of the Congress is doing in this area.

http://biden.senate.gov/press/press_releases/
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/13/sunday-roundup-the-next-steps-in-iraq/
http://cbs3.com/delawarewire/22.0.html?type=nplocal&state=DE&category=News&filename=DE--Campaign-Biden.xml
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/04/kerry_hammers_mccain_on_100yea.html