Richard Gephardt

The prospect of Joe Biden joining Barack Obama’s ticket, which seems to have grown more real in recent days, raises an interesting possibility: another Biden presidential campaign.

Given how his campaign turned out this year, the idea of Biden ever seeking the White House again seems (and probably is) unlikely. But, at least in theory, a tour de force performance as the VP nominee – think Lloyd Bentsen in 1988 – could spark popular interest in a future Biden presidential campaign that was missing in this past one. If Obama were to lose, Biden (again, theoretically) might then have a shot at the 2012 nomination (much the way the ’92 nomination was essentially Bentsen’s for the taking after his ’88 performance).  read more »

The inability of any of the three Democratic front-runners to establish a clear lead in Iowa is raising the obvious question of how the media would interpret a virtual three-way tie between Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards.

Actually, it wouldn’t be the first time there were three Iowa “winners” on the Democratic side. In 1988, Richard Gephardt, Paul Simon and Michael Dukakis all finished within a few points of each other in the caucuses. And the fallout from that result suggests that a split verdict in Iowa would ultimately be good news for Hillary.

Consider the similarities between the two campaigns.  read more »

The last two times Democrats enjoyed untrammeled dominance in Washington, the consequences for the party were catastrophic. But there's hope if the fates align in 2008.  read more »

OK, so this doesn't rival Wonkette's sightings of famous-for-D.C. types like Dick Gephardt and Tucker Carlson. But we hear Anthony Weiner was working the Staten Island small-business types on Forest Avenue yesterday, and then stopped by the Staten Island Democrats' meeting. Doing his political homework and, astonishingly -- but wisely, if he actually wants these people to like him -- not alerting his friends in the press.  read more »

Late on the night of July 5, New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney was glued to a laptop computer a  read more »

It rained in L.A.  read more »

Thank you, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, for making sure George W. Bush gets re-elected.  read more »