Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007 1:31 p.m. EST
Biden Blasts Hillary, Obama, Edwards
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Sen. Joe Biden, who is announcing his candidacy for president this week, has gone on the attack – not against President Bush and the Republicans, but against his rivals for the Democratic nomination.
In an interview with Jason Horowitz of the New York Observer, the Delaware Democrat didn’t mince words when discussing former Sen. John Edwards, who is also seeking the nomination.
"I don’t think John Edwards knows what the heck he is talking about,” Biden said, referring to Edwards’ call for the immediate withdrawal of about 40,000 U.S. troops from Iraq.
"John Edwards wants you and all the Democrats to think, ‘I want us out of there.’ But when you come back and you say . . . ‘what about the chaos that will ensue? Do we have any interest, John, left in the region? . . . How do you protect those interests, John, if you are completely withdrawn?’”
Biden called Sen. Hillary Clinton’s proposal to cap U.S. troops and threaten Iraqi leaders with cuts in funding "a very bad idea.”
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